CVE-2026-90812 (GCVE-0-2026-90812)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-14 19:00
Modified
2026-09-16 16:08
Severity ?
2.1 (Low) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RC:R
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RC:R
CWE
  • CWE-266 - Incorrect Privilege Assignment
Summary
A security vulnerability has been detected in cosmicstack-labs mercury-agent up to 1.2.0. This impacts the function checkShellCommand of the file src/capabilities/permissions.ts of the component Shell Command Permission. The manipulation leads to incorrect privilege assignment. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
cosmicstack-labs mercury-agent Version: 1.0
Version: 1.1
Version: 1.2.0
    cpe:2.3:a:cosmicstack-labs:mercury-agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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