Description
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.
Published: 2026-04-09
Score: 6.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-qw5f-qpq5-ppfg FoundationAgents MetaGPT vulnerable to OS Command Injection in metagpt/utils/common.py
History

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Deepwisdom
Deepwisdom metagpt
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:deepwisdom:metagpt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Deepwisdom
Deepwisdom metagpt

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 10 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Foundation Agents
Foundation Agents metagpt
Vendors & Products Foundation Agents
Foundation Agents metagpt

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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.
Title FoundationAgents MetaGPT common.py get_mime_type os command injection
Weaknesses CWE-77
CWE-78
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 7.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}


Subscriptions

Deepwisdom Metagpt
Foundation Agents Metagpt
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-14T16:34:08.668Z

Reserved: 2026-04-09T12:04:32.811Z

Link: CVE-2026-5973

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-14T15:15:46.306Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-04-09T20:16:29.143

Modified: 2026-04-29T19:14:21.777

Link: CVE-2026-5973

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-01T05:45:10Z

Weaknesses