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CVE-2026-49986 Cortex has Untrusted Project Bootstrap Code Execution via `CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR`

🗓️ 14 Aug 2026 16:21:39Reported by GitHub_MType 
cvelist
 cvelist
🔗 www.cve.org👁 58 Views

Cortex MCP server before 3.17.1 executes arbitrary code from untrusted projects via CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR.

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attackerkb
attackerkb
CVE-2026-49986
14 Aug 202616:21
–attackerkb
circl
Circl
CVE-2026-49986
1 Jul 202620:35
–circl
cve
CVE
CVE-2026-49986
14 Aug 202616:21
–cve
euvd
EUVD
EUVD-2026-58715
14 Aug 202616:21
–euvd
github
Github Security Blog
Cortex has Untrusted Project Bootstrap Code Execution via `CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR`
1 Jul 202618:41
–github
mend
Mend
CVE-2026-49986
14 Aug 202616:21
–mend
nvd
NVD
CVE-2026-49986
14 Aug 202617:18
–nvd
osv-ghsa
osv-ghsa
GHSA-GVPP-V77H-5W8G Cortex has Untrusted Project Bootstrap Code Execution via `CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR`
1 Jul 202618:41
–osv-ghsa
osv-pysec
osv-pysec
PYSEC-2026-2676 Cortex has Untrusted Project Bootstrap Code Execution via `CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR`
13 Jul 202615:46
–osv-pysec
ptsecurity
Positive Technologies
PT-2026-55214
1 Jul 202600:00
–ptsecurity
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[
  {
    "vendor": "cdeust",
    "product": "Cortex",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "< 3.17.1",
        "status": "affected"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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