CVE-2026-77930

CVSS 9.8 (critical) · published 2026-10-20

EvoScientist 0.1.0 before 0.2.5 contains an approval bypass vulnerability that allows attackers to run host shell commands by delegating them to async sub-agents lacking an interrupt_on gate. Attackers can plant instructions in ingested content such as fetched web pages, so the agent calls start_async_task and runs commands with user privileges and environment secrets.

Weakness: CWE-862

Source: NVD CVE-2026-77930

References

• https://github.com/EvoScientist/EvoScientist/blob/ac58caab7bdd1706f3fee55891f611cd175d05b0/EvoScientist/subagents/_factory.py#L116
• https://github.com/EvoScientist/EvoScientist/commit/d249e320bd856a7d31d859cfbb2bf75bab6c8686
• https://github.com/EvoScientist/EvoScientist/issues/387
• https://github.com/EvoScientist/EvoScientist/releases/tag/v0.2.5
• https://www.lasso.security/vulnerability-database/cve-2026-77930
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/evoscientist-0.1.0-before-0.2.5-human-approval-bypass-via-async-sub-agents

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