Reachy Mini daemon allows unauthenticated remote code execution through the app installation endpoint
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass, Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-306 and CWE-494.
Summary
The Reachy Mini daemon exposes an HTTP API for managing the robot. Its app installation endpoint, POST /apps/install in src/reachy_mini/daemon/app/routers/apps.py, has no authentication. The handler's only dependency is Depends(get_app_manager), which just hands back the manager object from application state, so nothing in the chain ever checks a credential. The endpoint takes an AppInfo body naming a Hugging Face Space. The daemon downloads that Space and installs it as a Python package through install_package in src/reachy_mini/apps/sources/local_common_venv.py, using uv or pip. Installing a Python package runs the package's own build and setup code, so whoever chooses the Space chooses what code the robot runs. Anyone can publish a public Hugging Face Space, so this is not a meaningful restriction on the attacker. How far this reaches depends on the model. In _resolve_bind_host in src/reachy_mini/daemon/app/main.py the daemon binds 0.0.0.0 when it runs as the wireless version and 127.0.0.1 otherwise, with the vendor's own comment explaining that the robot has to be reachable on the LAN. On a wireless unit, then, any host on the same network can install and run code on the robot without credentials. One related change has already shipped but does not fix this. Version 1.8.2 replaced the wildcard CORS policy with an allow list of localhost and Tauri origins. That closes the browser drive-by route, where a web page the victim visits silently calls the endpoint in the background. It has no effect on this issue: CORS is enforced by browsers and governs whether script may read a response, while a direct HTTP request from another machine on the network involves no browser, no preflight and no CORS check at all.
Why it matters now
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pollen Robotics | Reachy Mini | up to 1.11.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Reachy Mini VendorPollen Robotics Affected up to 1.11.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-96455
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8w3q-4cmj-h32j
- 2026-10-25 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM
References
More Pollen Robotics vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-38661 Reachy Mini Wireless: Local Privilege Escalation via Unrestricted sudo systemctl Grant CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2026-39988 Reachy Mini: Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2026-63788 Reachy Mini Bluetooth PIN authentication can be bypassed by racing an authenticated device CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-96455 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-96455 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8w3q-4cmj-h32j · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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