{"id":"CVE-2026-45374","summary":"CodeWhale: task_create Insecure Defaults Enable RCE via Prompt Injection in Project Files","details":"CodeWhale is a DeepSeek + MiMo coding agent in terminal. Prior to 0.8.26, the task_create tool spawns durable sub-agents that inherit two insecure defaults, allow_shell defaults to true (config.rs:1499: self.allow_shell.unwrap_or(true)) and auto_approve defaults to true (task_manager.rs:297: auto_approve: Some(true)). When a user approves a task_create call (which requires ApprovalRequirement::Required), they approve what appears to be a benign work prompt. However, the spawned sub-agent silently receives unrestricted, unapproved shell access. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.8.26.","aliases":["GHSA-72w5-pf8h-xfp4"],"modified":"2026-07-08T08:13:29.541566820Z","published":"2026-05-28T17:26:42.979Z","database_specific":{"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/45xxx/CVE-2026-45374.json","cna_assigner":"GitHub_M","cwe_ids":["CWE-94"]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/Hmbown/DeepSeek-TUI/releases/tag/v0.8.26"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/45xxx/CVE-2026-45374.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale/security/advisories/GHSA-72w5-pf8h-xfp4"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45374"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/hmbown/codewhale","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"c3fb3438603b96cbb7769e81b7d2e8142ed87777"}],"database_specific":{"extracted_events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.8.26"}],"source":["AFFECTED_FIELD","REFERENCES"]}}],"versions":["v0.8.25","v0.8.24","v0.8.23","v0.8.22","v0.8.21","v0.8.20","v0.8.19","v0.8.18","v0.8.17","v0.8.15","v0.8.14","v0.8.13","v0.8.12","v0.8.11","v0.8.10","v0.8.9","v0.8.8","v0.8.7","v0.8.6","v0.8.5","v0.8.4","v0.8.3","v0.8.2","v0.8.1","v0.8.0","v0.7.9","v0.7.8","v0.7.7","v0.7.6","v0.7.5","v0.7.4","v0.7.2","v0.7.1","v0.7.0","v0.6.7","v0.6.6","v0.6.5","v0.6.4","v0.6.3","v0.6.2","v0.6.1","v0.5.2","v0.5.1","v0.5.0","v0.4.9","v0.4.8","v0.4.7","v0.4.6","v0.4.5","v0.4.4","v0.4.3","v0.4.2","v0.4.1","v0.4.0","v0.3.33","v0.3.32","v0.3.31","v0.3.28","v0.3.27","v0.3.26","v0.3.25","v0.3.24","v0.3.23","v0.3.22","v0.3.21","v0.3.20","v0.3.19","v0.3.18","v0.3.17","v0.3.16","v0.3.14","v0.3.13","v0.3.12","v0.3.11","v0.3.10","v0.3.5","v0.3.4","v0.3.3","v0.3.2","v0.3.1","v0.3.0","v0.2.2","v0.2.0","v0.1.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-45374.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}