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High · 7.0 CVE-2026-75857 EUVD-2026-60964GHSA-g29h-pfmp-qp9r

CodeWhale before 0.8.64 Privilege Escalation via exec_shell_interact

Published Aug 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 29, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

Description

CodeWhale versions >= 0.3.10 and < 0.8.64 (published as deepseek-tui >= 0.3.10 and < 0.8.41 on npm and 0.3.10 through 0.8.41 on crates.io, and as codewhale / codewhale-tui >= 0.8.41 and < 0.8.64) contain a vulnerability in the exec_shell_interact (alias exec_interact) tool, whose approval_requirement returns ApprovalRequirement::Auto. This overrides the default Required approval for code-executing tools, so LLM-controlled stdin is written into an already-approved long-running interactive shell (e.g., a python3 -i REPL, mysql, ssh, or sudo -i session) without any approval prompt. An attacker who can inject instructions via untrusted content the agent ingests (a fetched page, MCP result, or repo file) can cause commands to run at the privilege level of that approved process. Fixed in codewhale / codewhale-tui 0.8.64; the deprecated deepseek-tui crate has no fixed release.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Hmbown CodeWhale 0.3.10 – ≤ 0.8.41, 0.3.10 – < 0.8.41, 0.8.41 – < 0.8.64 0.8.41

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
crates.io codewhale-tui >= 0.8.41, < 0.8.64 0.8.64 GHSA-g29h-pfmp-qp9r
crates.io deepseek-tui >= 0.3.10, <= 0.8.41 — GHSA-g29h-pfmp-qp9r
npm codewhale >= 0.8.41, < 0.8.64 0.8.64 GHSA-g29h-pfmp-qp9r
npm deepseek-tui >= 0.3.10, < 0.8.41 0.8.41 GHSA-g29h-pfmp-qp9r

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