{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              },
              {
                "fixed": "0.8.26"
              }
            ],
            "source": [
              "AFFECTED_FIELD",
              "REFERENCES"
            ]
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "c3fb3438603b96cbb7769e81b7d2e8142ed87777"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/hmbown/codewhale",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "GHSA-72w5-pf8h-xfp4"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "GitHub_M",
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-94"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/45xxx/CVE-2026-45374.json"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-45374",
  "modified": "2026-07-08T05:36:24.895944869Z",
  "published": "2026-05-28T17:26:42.979Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/Hmbown/DeepSeek-TUI/releases/tag/v0.8.26"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/45xxx/CVE-2026-45374.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale/security/advisories/GHSA-72w5-pf8h-xfp4"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45374"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.5",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "CodeWhale: task_create Insecure Defaults Enable RCE via Prompt Injection in Project Files"
}