CVE-2026-45374
CodeWhale is a DeepSeek + MiMo coding agent in terminal. Prior to 0.8.26, the task_create tool spawns durable sub-agents that inherit two insecure defaults, allow_shell defaults to true (config.rs:1499: self.allow_shell.unwrap_or(true)) and auto_approve defaults to true (task_manager.rs:297: auto_approve: Some(true)). When a user approves a task_create call (which requires ApprovalRequirement::Required), they approve what appears to be a benign work prompt. However, the spawned sub-agent silently receives unrestricted, unapproved shell access. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.8.26.
- Score
- CVSS 3.1 9.6 Critical
- Status
- Deferred - security-advisories@github.com
- Published
- 2026-05-28
- Last modified
- 2026-10-26
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94
Affected products
References
- https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale/security/advisories/GHSA-72w5-pf8h-xfp4
- https://github.com/Hmbown/DeepSeek-TUI/releases/tag/v0.8.26
