CVE-2026-77938 (GCVE-0-2026-77938)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-20 00:46
Modified
2026-10-20 13:47
CWE
  • CWE-526 - Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in an Environment Variable
Summary
Letta through 0.16.8 contains an information disclosure vulnerability that allows users running tools to read server secrets because LocalSandbox subprocesses inherit the full server environment. Attackers can run code via POST /v1/tools/run or custom tools to read LETTA_PG_URI, POSTGRES_PASSWORD, and provider API keys, then access cross-tenant database data.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
letta-ai letta Version: 0   ≤ 0.16.8
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