Answer in brief
CVE-2026-75857 records a High severity (CVSS 7.0) vulnerability in CodeWhale before 0.8.64 Privilege Escalation via exec_shell_interact. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps codewhale-tui (crates.io), deepseek-tui (crates.io), Hmbown/CodeWhale (generic), Hmbown/CodeWhale (generic) and additional mapped packages. Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 7.0. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps codewhale-tui (crates.io), deepseek-tui (crates.io), Hmbown/CodeWhale (generic), Hmbown/CodeWhale (generic) and additional mapped packages. Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| codewhale-tuicrates.io | >=0.8.41 <0.8.64 | 0.8.64 |
| deepseek-tuicrates.io | >=0.3.10 | Not reported |
| Hmbown/CodeWhalegeneric | >=0.8.41 <0.8.64 | 0.8.64 |
| Hmbown/CodeWhalegeneric | >=0.3.10 <0.8.41 | 0.8.41 |
| codewhalenpm | >=0.8.41,<0.8.64 | 0.8.64 |
| codewhalenpm | >=0.8.41 <0.8.64 | 0.8.64 |
| deepseek-tuinpm | >=0.3.10,<0.8.41 | 0.8.41 |
| deepseek-tuinpm | >=0.3.10 <0.8.41 | 0.8.41 |
| codewhale-tuirust | >=0.8.41,<0.8.64 | 0.8.64 |
| deepseek-tuirust | >=0.3.10,<=0.8.41 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Aug 18, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Sep 8, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 18, 2026
CodeWhale versions >= 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 0.8.64.
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