picoclaw <=v0.1.2 and earlier is vulnerable to OS command injection via the ExecTool…
Priority HIGH 71CWE-78Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-78.
Summary
picoclaw <=v0.1.2 and earlier is vulnerable to OS command injection via the ExecTool component (pkg/tools/shell.go). The guardCommand() function attempts to restrict shell command execution using a denylist of 8 regular expressions, but the denylist is incomplete.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01445 73rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
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 |
| — | github.com/sipeed/picoclaw (Go) | up to 0.1.2 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-cv2p-68f4-f4pw |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- github.com/sipeed/picoclaw (Go) Vendor— Affected up to 0.1.2 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-cv2p-68f4-f4pw
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-36045
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cv2p-68f4-f4pw
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-36045 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-36045 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-cv2p-68f4-f4pw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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