Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2026-25130 is a critical remote code execution risk in Alias Robotics CAI through its pre-approved find_file agent tool. Malicious user-controlled input can be passed into shell execution, bypassing human approval safeguards. Organizations using CAI up to version 0.5.10 should treat this as urgent, especially where CAI processes untrusted prompts, tasks, or external content.
Executive priority
Treat as urgent for teams using CAI. The flaw can turn an AI security assistant into a path for host command execution, with confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. Prioritize inventory, patch verification, and containment for exposed agent environments.
Technical view
CAI versions up to and including 0.5.10 pass user-controlled input to shell commands via subprocess.Popen() with shell=True in function tools. The find_file() tool is pre-approved as safe, allowing argument injection into its arguments and potential arbitrary command execution. The issue is classified as CWE-78 with CVSS 9.7. Commit e22a1220f764e2d7cf9da6d6144926f53ca01cde contains a fix.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to deployments using Alias Robotics CAI version 0.5.10 or earlier. Risk is highest when CAI agents can receive untrusted instructions, user prompts, repository content, tickets, documents, or other external data that may influence tool arguments.
Exploitation context
The public advisory describes remote code execution through argument injection and bypass of human-in-the-loop safety because find is pre-approved. The provided sources do not show known active exploitation, and the CVE is not marked as KEV in the supplied data.
Researcher notes
Key evidence is from the GitHub advisory, CVE record, affected source reference, and fix commit. The sources identify the vulnerable pattern and affected versions but do not name a fixed release. Avoid assuming exploitation in the wild unless new vendor, KEV, or incident reporting emerges.
Mitigation direction
- Identify all deployments of Alias Robotics CAI and record installed versions.
- Prioritize remediation for CAI versions 0.5.10 and earlier.
- Apply the vendor fix commit or follow the GitHub advisory for updated release guidance.
- Temporarily restrict or disable affected function tools where untrusted input is processed.
- Limit CAI runtime privileges and isolate hosts running agent tooling.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether CAI is present in production, research, CI, or security automation environments.
- Verify the installed CAI version is later than the affected range or includes the fix commit.
- Review CAI configurations for enabled find_file or related filesystem function tools.
- Check whether CAI processes untrusted prompts, documents, repositories, or external task content.
- Review host logs for unexpected child process execution by CAI runtimes.
Public sources used
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Critical
- CVSS
- 9.7 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H2.86Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
9.7CriticalVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/aliasrobotics/cai/security/advisories/GHSA-jfpc-wj3m-qw2mCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/aliasrobotics/cai/commit/e22a1220f764e2d7cf9da6d6144926f53ca01cdeCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/aliasrobotics/cai/blob/559de8fcbc2b44f3b0360f35ffdc2bb975e7d7e4/src/cai/tools/reconnaissance/filesystem.py#L60CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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CWE details
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Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.