Vulnerability · Published Jun 7, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2026-11455FoundationAgents MetaGPT common.py check_cmd_exists command injection
Medium 5.0
In plain English
A medium-severity command injection in MetaGPT from FoundationAgents. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 64% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A vulnerability was determined in FoundationAgents MetaGPT up to 0.8.2. Affected by this issue is the function check_cmd_exists of the file metagpt/utils/common.py. This manipulation of the argument mermaid.path causes command injection. The attack may be initiated remotely. A high degree of complexity is needed for the attack. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| FoundationAgents | MetaGPT | 0.8.00.8.10.8.2 |
Weakness: CWE-77, CWE-74 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
References
- VDB-369074 | FoundationAgents MetaGPT common.py check_cmd_exists command injection vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-369074 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- CVE-2026-11455 | CVE Analysis and Report third-party-advisory
- Submit #828206 | FoundationAgents MetaGPT 0.8.2 Command Injection third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/FoundationAgents/MetaGPT/issues/2037 issue-tracking
- https://www.notion.so/asuka39/MetaGPT-Command-Injection-via-Mermaid-path-Configuration-35fe35b8556880b29113c8c1b414a8b2?source=copy_link exploit
- https://github.com/FoundationAgents/MetaGPT/ product