TI-2025-36161 Aliases CVE-2025-58374

Roo Code: Auto-approve allows npm install execution of malicious postinstall scripts

LOW 35CWE-78Published 2025-09-06 · Updated 2025-09-08

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-78.

Summary

Roo Code is an AI-powered autonomous coding agent that lives in users' editors. Versions 3.25.23 and below contain a default list of allowed commands that do not need manual approval if auto-approve is enabled, and npm install is included in that list. Because npm install executes lifecycle scripts, if a repository’s package.json file contains a malicious postinstall script, it would be executed automatically without user approval. This means that enabling auto-approved commands and opening a malicious repo could result in arbitrary code execution. This is fixed in version 3.26.0.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00222 12th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed Roo-Code (RooCodeInc): 3.26.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
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
RooCodeInc	Roo-Code	before 3.26.0	3.26.0	Patch available	CNA

Roo-Code VendorRooCodeInc Affected before 3.26.0 Fixed in 3.26.0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:roocode:roo_code::::::::	before 3.26.0	Vulnerable	RooCodeInc

cpe:2.3:a:roocode:roo_code:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 3.26.0 Vulnerable ·RooCodeInc

Remediation

Fix · CNA Roo-Code (RooCodeInc) Fixed in 3.26.0

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-58374

References

Advisory 1

https://github.com/RooCodeInc/Roo-Code/security/advisories/GHSA-c292-qxq4-4p2v

Other 2

TI-2026-73422 Auto-approve bypass in Roo-Code via glob and command substitution CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.7
TI-2026-73421 Auto-approve bypass in Roo-Code runs denied shell commands CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.7
TI-2026-73419 Auto-approve bypass in Roo-Code via redirect operator stripping CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.7
TI-2025-34186 Roo Code Lacks Line Break Validation in its Command Execution Tool CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
TI-2025-36158 Roo Code is vulnerable to command injection via GitHub actions workflow CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.9
TI-2026-23506 Roo Code's command auto-approval module contains a critical OS command injection… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8

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Sources

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