When prompts become shells: RCE vulnerabilities in AI agent frameworks

In this article 1. A representative case study: Semantic Kernel 2. CVE-2026-26030: In-Memory Vector Store 3. CVE-2026-25592: Arbitrary file write through SessionsPythonPlugin 4. The vulnerability 5. Attack chain overview 6. Defending the agentic edge 7. Not bugs, but developed by design 8. CTF...

CVE-2026-44112

OpenClaw before 2026.4.22 contains a time-of-check/time-of-use race condition in OpenShell sandbox filesystem writes that allows attackers to redirect writes outside the intended mount root. Attackers can exploit symlink swaps during filesystem operations to bypass sandbox restrictions and write...

CVE-2026-43579

OpenClaw before 2026.4.10 contains an insufficient access control vulnerability in Nostr plugin HTTP profile routes that allows operators with write permissions to persist profile configuration without requiring admin authority. Attackers with operator.write scope can modify Nostr profile setting...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-39817

The "go tool pack" subcommand usually used only by the compiler as an internal tool with known-good inputs does not sanitize output filenames. Extracting a malicious archive file with the "pack" subcommand can write files to arbitrary locations on the filesystem...

CVE-2026-39817 Invoking "go tool pack" does not sanitize output paths in cmd/go

The "go tool pack" subcommand usually used only by the compiler as an internal tool with known-good inputs does not sanitize output filenames. Extracting a malicious archive file with the "pack" subcommand can write files to arbitrary locations on the filesystem...

CVE-2026-39817

The "go tool pack" subcommand usually used only by the compiler as an internal tool with known-good inputs does not sanitize output filenames. Extracting a malicious archive file with the "pack" subcommand can write files to arbitrary locations on the filesystem...

FacturaScripts Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) via Zip Slip in Plugin Upload Mechanism

Summary A Critical vulnerability exists in the Plugins::add function. The system fails to properly validate the file paths within uploaded ZIP archives. This allows an attacker to perform a Zip Slip attack, leading to Arbitrary File Write and Remote Code Execution RCE by overwriting sensitive .ph...

GO-2026-4979 Invoking "go tool pack" does not sanitize output paths in cmd/go

The "go tool pack" subcommand usually used only by the compiler as an internal tool with known-good inputs does not sanitize output filenames. Extracting a malicious archive file with the "pack" subcommand can write files to arbitrary locations on the filesystem...

Directory Traversal

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Directory Traversal. Go Vulnerability Report: The "go tool pack" subcommand usually used only by the compiler as an internal tool with known-good inputs does not sanitize output filenames. Extracting a malicious archive file with the...

CLSA-2026-1778178379 httpd: Fix of 2 CVEs

CVE-2017-15710: modauthnzldap out-of-bounds write when accept-language header value is shorter than two characters - CVE-2017-15715: regex anchor in / can match before an embedded newline, allowing .htaccess bypass of trailing-extension filters...

CVE-2026-44243

GitPython (Python library for interacting with Git repositories) contains a path-traversal vulnerability in its reference APIs. Before version 3.1.48, attacker-controlled reference names can be used to cause writes, renames, or deletions of files outside the repository’s .git directory due to ins...

CVE-2026-44243 GitPython: Path traversal in GitPython reference APIs allows arbitrary file write and delete outside the repository

GitPython is a python library used to interact with Git repositories. Prior to version 3.1.48, a vulnerability in GitPython allows attackers who can supply a crafted reference path to an application using GitPython to write, overwrite, move, or delete files outside the repository’s .git directory...

CVE-2026-44243 GitPython: Path traversal in GitPython reference APIs allows arbitrary file write and delete outside the repository

GitPython is a python library used to interact with Git repositories. Prior to version 3.1.48, a vulnerability in GitPython allows attackers who can supply a crafted reference path to an application using GitPython to write, overwrite, move, or delete files outside the repository’s .git directory...

dirtyfrag

Dirty Frag: Universal Linux LPE Abstract !tuxasse...

pillow: Pillow: Out-of-bounds Write via Specially Crafted PSD Image

A flaw was found the Pillow Python imaging library. Providing a specially crafted PSD image may lead to an out-of-bounds write. This could potentially allow for arbitrary code execution or information disclosure...

pillow: Pillow: Out-of-bounds Write via Specially Crafted PSD Image

A flaw was found the Pillow Python imaging library. Providing a specially crafted PSD image may lead to an out-of-bounds write. This could potentially allow for arbitrary code execution or information disclosure...

EUVD-2026-28367

The Optoma CinemaX P2 projector firmware TVOS-04.24.010.04.01, Android 8.0.0 exposes an HTTP API on TCP port 2345 that allows full unauthenticated remote control of the device. The API supports both reading configuration 74 endpoints and writing/modifying settings including volume, mute,...

Exploit for Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres in Linux Linux_Kernel

Copy Fail 2 — Electric Boogaloo Unprivileged local privilege...

USN-8256-1 opam vulnerability

Andrew Nesbitt discovered that opam did not properly validate file destination paths in package install files. An attacker could use this issue to bypass sandbox protections and write files to arbitrary locations, possibly leading to arbitrary code execution...

Exploit for CVE-2026-38360

CVE-2026-38360: Directory Traversal in dash-uploader !CVE...