CVEPublished 2026-05-27Modified 2026-06-031 article on news5 live referencesNVD data

CVE-2026-36044

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
Description

@pensar/apex <= 0.0.58 is vulnerable to OS command injection via the smart_enumerate tool. The createSmartEnumerateTool() function in src/core/agent/tools.ts constructs a shell command by concatenating unsanitized values from the extensions array and url parameter into a string passed to Node.js child_process.exec(). Because exec() spawns a shell, shell metacharacters in those values are interpreted by the host shell, resulting in arbitrary OS command execution with the privileges of the running process. NOTE: this is disputed by the Supplier because the report is about intended behavior, as explained in the Security Policy of the pensarai/apex GitHub repo.

Timeline
Published 2026-05-27
Modified 2026-06-03

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Known PoCs on GitHub

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