MetaGPT through 0.6.4 allows the QaEngineer role to execute arbitrary code because…
Priority HIGH 73CWE-94Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-94.
Summary
MetaGPT through 0.6.4 allows the QaEngineer role to execute arbitrary code because RunCode.run_script() passes shell metacharacters to subprocess.Popen.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0096 61st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | metagpt (PyPI) | up to 0.6.6 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-g7ph-8423-pf4j |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- metagpt (PyPI) Vendor— Affected up to 0.6.6 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-g7ph-8423-pf4j
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:deepwisdom:metagpt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | up to 0.6.4 | Vulnerable | FoundationAgents |
- cpe:2.3:a:deepwisdom:metagpt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 0.6.4 Vulnerable ·FoundationAgents
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-23750
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g7ph-8423-pf4j
References
More FoundationAgents Metagpt vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-05354 FoundationAgents MetaGPT Tree-of-Thought Solver tot.py generate_thoughts code injection CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2026-05237 FoundationAgents MetaGPT terminal.py Bash.run os command injection CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2026-05236 FoundationAgents MetaGPT common.py get_mime_type os command injection CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2026-05235 FoundationAgents MetaGPT terminal.py Terminal.run_command os command injection CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2026-05234 FoundationAgents MetaGPT XML action_node.py ActionNode.xml_fill eval injection CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2026-05233 FoundationAgents MetaGPT HumanEvalBenchmark/MBPPBenchmark check_solution code injection CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
Sources
- CVE-2024-23750 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-23750 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-g7ph-8423-pf4j · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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