Phi 0.3.0 through 0.28.4 contains a permission bypass vulnerability that allows spawned sub-agents to escape workspace_only_writes and readonly mode by supplying an unchecked workdir to agent_spawn. Attackers can plant prompt-injected instructions in processed content so the agent spawns a worker rooted elsewhere, causing unapproved file writes anywhere the user can write.
Fix
Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.
Change history 2
- StatusReceived → DeferredNVD modified 2026-10-16 19:21
- First seenCVSS 6.0NVD modified 2026-10-13 19:18
Affected (CPE criteria) 0
NVD has not attached CPE configurations yet.
References 6
- https://github.com/pulseaiclub/phi
- https://github.com/pulseaiclub/phi/blob/5b3cb440a7c58115ef64283a737a43299f2805a4/internal/agent/engine_runner.go#L52-L60
- https://github.com/pulseaiclub/phi/blob/5b3cb440a7c58115ef64283a737a43299f2805a4/internal/tools/agenttool/agent.go#L106-L120
- https://hackmd.io/@haind/phi-subagent-workdir-workspace-escape
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phi-0.3.0-through-0.28.4-permission-bypass-via-agent-spawn-workdir
- https://hackmd.io/@haind/phi-subagent-workdir-workspace-escape