A vulnerability was found in FoundationAgents MetaGPT up to 0.8.1. Impacted is the function get_mime_type of the file metagpt/utils/common.py. The manipulation results in os command injection. The attack can be executed remotely. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The project was informed of the problem early through a pull request but has not reacted yet.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

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Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

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Vendor Product Default status Versions
FoundationAgents MetaGPT affected
Version Status Constraints
0.8.0 affected —
0.8.1 affected —

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References
Link Providers
https://github.com/FoundationAgents/MetaGPT/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/FoundationAgents/MetaGPT/issues/1930 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/FoundationAgents/MetaGPT/pull/1983 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/submit/791755 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/356527 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/356527/cti cve-icon cve-icon
History

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:30:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability was found in FoundationAgents MetaGPT up to 0.8.1. Impacted is the function get_mime_type of the file metagpt/utils/common.py. The manipulation results in os command injection. The attack can be executed remotely. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The project was informed of the problem early through a pull request but has not reacted yet.
Title FoundationAgents MetaGPT common.py get_mime_type os command injection
Weaknesses CWE-77
CWE-78
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 7.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-09T19:15:13.464Z

Reserved: 2026-04-09T12:04:32.811Z

Link: CVE-2026-5973

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-09T20:16:29.143

Modified: 2026-04-09T20:16:29.143

Link: CVE-2026-5973

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