CVE-2026-5973

A vulnerability was found in FoundationAgents MetaGPT up to 0.8.1. Impacted is the function get_mime_type of the file metagpt/utils/common.py. The manipulation results in os command injection. The attack can be executed remotely. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The project was informed of the problem early through a pull request but has not reacted yet.

CVSS v3 7.3 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

7.3^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/FoundationAgents/MetaGPT/	Product
https://github.com/FoundationAgents/MetaGPT/issues/1930	Exploit Issue Tracking Mitigation
https://github.com/FoundationAgents/MetaGPT/pull/1983	Issue Tracking Patch
https://vuldb.com/submit/791755	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://vuldb.com/vuln/356527	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://vuldb.com/vuln/356527/cti	Permissions Required

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:deepwisdom:metagpt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-04-09 20:16

Updated : 2026-06-17 10:59

NVD link : CVE-2026-5973

Mitre link : CVE-2026-5973

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-5973

JSON object : View

Products Affected

deepwisdom

metagpt

CWE

CWE-77

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

CWE-78

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

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