Vulnerability · Published Jul 18, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2026-16194zhayujie CowAgent web_fetch.py WebFetch.execute server-side request forgery
Medium 6.3
In plain English
A medium-severity server-side request forgery in CowAgent from zhayujie. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 40% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A vulnerability was determined in zhayujie CowAgent up to 2.1.1. This affects the function WebFetch.execute of the file agent/tools/web_fetch/web_fetch.py. Executing a manipulation of the argument url can lead to server-side request forgery. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. Upgrading to version 2.1.2 is able to mitigate this issue. This patch is called ea47f3097eed4f8295c4cb3d76ecb97e0f43d632. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The vendor was contacted early, responded in a very professional manner and quickly released a fixed version of the affected product.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-918 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
References
- VDB-380009 | zhayujie CowAgent web_fetch.py WebFetch.execute server-side request forgery vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-380009 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- CVE-2026-16194 | CVE Analysis and Report third-party-advisory
- Submit #857620 | zhayujie CowAgent 2.1.1 Server-Side Request Forgery (CWE-918) third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/zhayujie/CowAgent/issues/2889 exploit, issue-tracking
- https://github.com/zhayujie/CowAgent/pull/2900 issue-tracking, patch
- https://github.com/zhayujie/CowAgent/commit/ea47f3097eed4f8295c4cb3d76ecb97e0f43d632 patch
- https://github.com/zhayujie/CowAgent/releases/tag/2.1.2 patch
- https://github.com/zhayujie/CowAgent/ product