CVE-2026-18998 (GCVE-0-2026-18998)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-06 04:45
Modified
2026-08-06 17:32
Severity ?
2.1 (Low) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
6.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RC:R
6.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RC:R
6.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RC:R
6.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RC:R
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
A vulnerability was determined in cosmicstack-labs mercury-agent up to 1.1.12. Impacted is the function SubAgent.run of the file src/core/sub-agent.ts of the component delegate_task Tool. Executing a manipulation can lead to improper authorization. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
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Impacted products
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| cosmicstack-labs | mercury-agent |
Version: 1.1.0 Version: 1.1.1 Version: 1.1.2 Version: 1.1.3 Version: 1.1.4 Version: 1.1.5 Version: 1.1.6 Version: 1.1.7 Version: 1.1.8 Version: 1.1.9 Version: 1.1.10 Version: 1.1.11 Version: 1.1.12 cpe:2.3:a:cosmicstack-labs:mercury-agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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