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NVD HIGH: CVE-2026-5972 — A vulnerability has been found in FoundationAgents MetaGPT up to 0.8.1. This iss...

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Executive Summary

A vulnerability has been found in FoundationAgents MetaGPT up to 0.8.1. This issue affects the function Terminal.run_command in the library metagpt/tools/libs/terminal.py. The manipulation leads to os command injection. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of the patch is d04ffc8dc67903e8b327f78ec121df5e190ffc7b

Analysis

A vulnerability has been found in FoundationAgents MetaGPT up to 0.8.1. This issue affects the function Terminal.run_command in the library metagpt/tools/libs/terminal.py. The manipulation leads to os command injection. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of the patch is d04ffc8dc67903e8b327f78ec121df5e190ffc7b. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue. CVSS Score: 7.3. Published: 2026-04-09T20:16:28.943.

Indicators of Compromise (2)

SHA-1 (1)
d04ffc8dc67903e8b327f78ec121df5e190ffc7b
VirusTotalAnyRunJoe Sandbox
CVE (1)
CVE-2026-5972
NVDMITRE CVE
Source Attribution

Originally published by NIST NVD on Apr 9, 2026. Verified by: NIST.

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