Vulnerability · Published Jul 17, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2026-16015poco-ai poco-claw executor_manager API tasks.py create_task missing authentication
Medium 6.3
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authentication in poco-claw from poco-ai. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 48% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A vulnerability was determined in poco-ai poco-claw up to 0.5.4. This vulnerability affects the function create_task of the file executor_manager/app/api/v1/tasks.py of the component executor_manager API. Executing a manipulation can lead to missing authentication. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. Upgrading to version 0.5.7 is able to resolve this issue. This patch is called 67fcc88505c57f77d3fcf04eb5b89425b10cbf48. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-306, CWE-287 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
References
- VDB-379757 | poco-ai poco-claw executor_manager API tasks.py create_task missing authentication vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-379757 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- CVE-2026-16015 | CVE Analysis and Report third-party-advisory
- Submit #856812 | poco-ai poco-agent 0.5.4 Missing Authentication for Critical Function (CWE-306) third-party-advisory
- Submit #856813 | poco-ai poco-agent 0.5.4 Missing Authentication for Critical Function (CWE-306) (Duplicate) third-party-advisory
- Submit #856815 | poco-ai poco-agent 0.5.4 Missing Authentication for Critical Function (CWE-306) (Duplicate) third-party-advisory
- Submit #856816 | poco-ai poco-agent 0.5.4 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639) (Duplicate) third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/poco-ai/poco-claw/issues/136 exploit, issue-tracking
- https://github.com/poco-ai/poco-claw/pull/135 exploit, issue-tracking, patch
- https://github.com/poco-ai/poco-claw/issues/137 exploit, issue-tracking
- https://github.com/poco-ai/poco-claw/commit/67fcc88505c57f77d3fcf04eb5b89425b10cbf48 exploit, patch
- https://github.com/poco-ai/poco-claw/releases/tag/0.5.7 exploit, patch
- https://github.com/poco-ai/poco-claw/ exploit, product