CVE-2026-77521

MaxKB: Prompt-injectable agent can lead to command execution

CRITICAL
10
CVSS Score
Published: September 21, 2026 at 08:45 PM UTC
Updated: September 22, 2026 at 02:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMaxKB

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Severity
CRITICAL10
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
PoC

Description

MaxKB is an open-source AI assistant for enterprise. Prior to version 2.10.5-lts, assistants with a tool, MCP tool, skill, or sub-application use SandboxShellBackend, which exposes an execute shell tool without excluding it and omits execute from interrupt_on, so human approval is not required. Untrusted chat or ingested content can therefore cause command execution; source deployments with MAXKB_SANDBOX disabled run commands directly as the application user, while the official root container's string-based gosu wrapper allowed shell metacharacters to execute outside the intended sandbox. This issue is fixed in version 2.10.5-lts.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 2.10.5-lts
Affected range stops below 2.10.5-lts, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCAutomatableTotal impact

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CVSS

10CRITICALGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-78CWE-250CWE-749

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