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CVE-2026-81096: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') in mims-harvard ToolUniverse

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Critical
VulnerabilityCVE-2026-81096cvecve-2026-81096
Published: 08/27/2026 (08/27/2026, 14:50:36 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: mims-harvard
Product: ToolUniverse

Description

ToolUniverse ran caller-supplied Python inside a sandbox that could be escaped, on a server that required no authentication. The executor behind the python_code_executor tool, in python_executor_tool.py, inspected the submitted source for a denied list of attribute names and calls but left the attribute-lookup builtins available and did not stop a dunder attribute reached through a string lookup or through a module already permitted, so a caller could walk from a literal's class to its base and enumerate subclasses to obtain a reference to the process and subprocess modules. A per-call argument also let the caller widen the import allow-list before the inspection ran. The HTTP and MCP servers in http_api_server.py and smcp_server.py bound to every interface with debugging enabled and no authentication, so any caller able to reach the port executed code as the server process. Version 1.3.0 adds bearer-token authentication, defaults the bind address to loopback, and hardens the attribute checks.

CVSS v4.0

Score 9.3critical

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Vuln. Confidentiality
High
Vuln. Integrity
High
Vuln. Availability
High
Subsq. Confidentiality
None
Subsq. Integrity
None
Subsq. Availability
None
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected software

GitHub Actionsmore threats →cve
ToolUniverse
pkg:github/ToolUniverse
Affected versions
<=1.2.6

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Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
VulnCheck
Date Reserved
2026-08-26T16:00:32.344Z
Cvss Version
4.0
State
PUBLISHED
Remediation Level
null

Threat ID: 6a906bafacd9273b4983a0ef

Added to database: 08/27/2026, 16:54:07 UTC

Last updated: 08/28/2026, 00:59:10 UTC

Views: 8

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