Vulnerability · Published Sep 14, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2026-90810cosmicstack-labs mercury-agent Shell Command Permission Check permissions.ts PermissionManager.checkShellCommand improper authorization
Medium 6.3
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in mercury-agent from cosmicstack-labs. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 31% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A security flaw has been discovered in cosmicstack-labs mercury-agent up to 1.1.13. The impacted element is the function PermissionManager.checkShellCommand of the file mercury-agent/src/capabilities/permissions.ts of the component Shell Command Permission Check. Performing a manipulation results in improper authorization. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| cosmicstack-labs | mercury-agent | 1.1.01.1.11.1.21.1.31.1.41.1.51.1.61.1.7 |
Weakness: CWE-285, CWE-266 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
References
- VDB-403312 | cosmicstack-labs mercury-agent Shell Command Permission Check permissions.ts PermissionManager.checkShellCommand improper authorization vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-403312 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- CVE-2026-90810 | CVE Analysis and Report third-party-advisory
- Submit #922876 | cosmicstack-labs mercury-agent <= 1.1.13 Improper Authorization (CWE-285) third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/cosmicstack-labs/mercury-agent/issues/101 exploit, issue-tracking
- https://github.com/cosmicstack-labs/mercury-agent/ product