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High · 7.1 CVE-2026-44641 EUVD-2026-30562GHSA-xhrw-5qxx-jpwrPYSEC-2026-2379

Microsoft APM: plugin.json component paths escape plugin root and copy arbitrary host files during install

Published May 15, 2026 · Updated May 15, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Microsoft APM is an open-source, community-driven dependency manager for AI agents. Prior to 0.8.12, Microsoft APM normalizes marketplace plugins by copying plugin components referenced in plugin.json into .apm/. The manifest fields agents, skills, commands, and hooks are attacker-controlled, but the implementation does not enforce that those paths remain inside the plugin directory. A malicious plugin can therefore use absolute paths or ../ traversal paths to copy arbitrary readable host files or directories from the installer's machine during apm install. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.8.12.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
microsoft apm < 0.8.12 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI apm-cli < 0.8.12 0.8.12 GHSA-xhrw-5qxx-jpwr

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