CVE-2026-55743

June 17, 2026, 5:17 p.m.

9.4
Critical

Description

The shell tool command allowlist in the SecurityPolicy of OpenHuman desktop agent through 0.54.0 (default Supervised security policy) can be bypassed to execute arbitrary OS commands with the privileges of the desktop user. Two flaws in src/openhuman/security/policy.rs combine: (1) is_args_safe() blocks the find flags -exec and -ok but not the functionally identical -execdir and -okdir, which also execute an arbitrary command for each matched file; and (2) skip_env_assignments() strips leading inline KEY=value environment-variable assignments before allowlist validation, so a command such as GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF=<cmd> git diff is validated as the allowed git diff but, when executed via the shell, runs <cmd> through git's environment-driven hooks (for example GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF or GIT_SSH_COMMAND). Because the sandbox is the primary trust boundary between untrusted LLM-processed content and the host operating system, an attacker can achieve remote code execution via indirect prompt injection: a malicious document, email, calendar event, or web page ingested by the agent instructs it to run a benign-looking allowlisted command, resulting in arbitrary command execution, data exfiltration, arbitrary file read/write, and lateral movement on the user's machine. The issue was fixed in commit 60050aa09a870f53ed7e4cd40ed41fd2860329e7 (first released in 0.54.22-staging; first stable release 0.56.0), which blocks -execdir/-okdir for find.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Openhuman
  • Desktop Agent
  • <0.54.0, 0.56.0

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-78
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a openhuman desktop_agent <0.54.0 / / / / / / /
a openhuman desktop_agent 0.56.0 / / / / / / /

References

https://github.com/tinyhumansai/openhuman
https://github.com/tinyhumansai/openhuman/blob/v0.53.49-staging/src/openhuman/security/policy.rs
https://github.com/tinyhumansai/openhuman/commit/60050aa09a870f53ed7e4cd40ed41fd2860329e7

Tags

CWE-78
309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c
2026-06-17
CVE-2026-55743

CVSS Score

9.4 / 10

CVSS Data - 4.0

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Attack Requirements: NONE
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • User Interaction: PASSIVE
  • Scope:
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: HIGH
  • Availability Impact: HIGH
  • Exploit Maturity: NOT_DEFINED

    • CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

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Timeline

Published: June 17, 2026, 3:17 p.m.
Last Modified: June 17, 2026, 5:17 p.m.

Status : Deferred

When a CVE is given this status the NVD does not plan analyze or re-analyze this CVE due to resource or other concerns.

More info

Source

309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c

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