A vulnerability has been found in cosmicstack-labs mercury-agent up to 1.1.12. This vulnerability affects the function PermissionManager.checkShellCommand of the file src/capabilities/permissions.ts of the component run_command Handler. Such manipulation leads to incorrect privilege assignment. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
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 1
- First seenCVSS 2.1NVD modified 2026-10-23 21:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 0
NVD has not attached CPE configurations yet.
References 9
- https://github.com/cosmicstack-labs/mercury-agent/
- https://github.com/cosmicstack-labs/mercury-agent/issues/72
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-18996
- https://vuldb.com/submit/862625
- https://vuldb.com/submit/862630
- https://vuldb.com/submit/862636
- https://vuldb.com/submit/862637
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/386379
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/386379/cti