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CodeWhale: exec_shell_interact sends LLM-controlled input to a running shell without an approval prompt (privilege escalation)
CodeWhale: exec_shell_interact sends LLM-controlled input to a running shell without an approval prompt (privilege escalation)
Affected packages
- codewhale
- codewhale-tui
- deepseek-tui
Exploit signal
- Known exploited (CISA KEV)
- No
- EPSS score
- —
- EPSS percentile
- —
EPSS is the probability a CVE is exploited in the wild; percentile is its rank among all CVEs.
Sources
- https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale/security/advisories/GHSA-g29h-pfmp-qp9r
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-75857
- https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale/commit/57f3c89471e27ac4032d9791f6885e5d4408c381
- https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/codewhale-before-privilege-escalation-via-exec-shell-interact
Structured record: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-g29h-pfmp-qp9r
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