nanobot is a personal AI assistant. Prior to version 0.1.6, an indirect prompt injection vulnerability exists in the email channel processing module (`nanobot/channels/email.py`), allowing a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary LLM instructions (and subsequently, system tools) without any interaction from the bot owner. By sending an email containing malicious prompts to the bot's monitored email address, the bot automatically polls, ingests, and processes the email content as highly trusted input, fully bypassing channel isolation and resulting in a stealthy, zero-click attack. Version 0.1.6 patches the issue.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 2
- https://github.com/HKUDS/nanobot/security/advisories/GHSA-4gmr-2vc8-7qh3 Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/HKUDS/nanobot/security/advisories/GHSA-4gmr-2vc8-7qh3 Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 8.9 · nanobotNVD modified 2026-10-26 21:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 7
cpe:2.3:a:nanobot:nanobot:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:*cpe:2.3:a:nanobot:nanobot:0.1.4:-:*:*:*:python:*:*cpe:2.3:a:nanobot:nanobot:0.1.4:post1:*:*:*:python:*:*cpe:2.3:a:nanobot:nanobot:0.1.4:post2:*:*:*:python:*:*cpe:2.3:a:nanobot:nanobot:0.1.4:post3:*:*:*:python:*:*cpe:2.3:a:nanobot:nanobot:0.1.4:post4:*:*:*:python:*:*cpe:2.3:a:nanobot:nanobot:0.1.4:post5:*:*:*:python:*:*
References 2
- https://github.com/HKUDS/nanobot/security/advisories/GHSA-4gmr-2vc8-7qh3 Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/HKUDS/nanobot/security/advisories/GHSA-4gmr-2vc8-7qh3 Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory