CVE-2026-18980

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.36.3—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 6.3 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2026-08-06. a secondary CVSS source baseline 6.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
6.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 6.3Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

A vulnerability was identified in nearai ironclaw up to 0.29.1. Affected is the function classify_command_risk of the file src/tools/builtin/shell.rs. Such manipulation leads to command injection. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The name of the patch is a1d7c3ba428ed575900469b207fb5668725f9a71. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

CVSS v3
6.3
EG Score
6.3(high)
EG Risk
44(Track)
EG Risk 44/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity63% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
69%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 6, 2026

Last Modified

August 12, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 6, 2026
Upstream fix merged — awaiting tagged release. Sources: github_pr.
github_pr

fix(security): tool boundary checks

Fix merged in nearai/ironclaw PR #4869 on 2026-06-16 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/nearai/ironclaw/pull/4869
generic

[Security] Approval Bypass in `shell` Tool Risk Classification Allows Newline-Chained Destructive Commands to Execute Without Explicit Confirmation · Issue #4861 · nearai/ironclaw · GitHub

https://github.com/nearai/ironclaw/issues/4861

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-18980(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 23× in last 7d / 54× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-20 23:49 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-20 23:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-20 02:11 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-20 02:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-08-19 04:33 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-19 04:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-18 06:54 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-18 06:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-17 09:16 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-17 09:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-16 11:38 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-08-16 11:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-08-15 14:01 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-15 14:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-08-14 16:22 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-08-14 16:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-08-13 18:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-08-12 21:07 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-12 21:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-12 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-12 02:21 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-12 02:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-11 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-08-11 04:43 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-11 04:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-10 07:05 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-10 07:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-09 09:27 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-09 09:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-08 11:49 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-08-08 11:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-07 14:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-06 16:33 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-06 16:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-06 16:30 UTCNVD updateCVSS v4 → 2.1
  22. 2026-08-06 15:33 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-08-06 15:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-06 15:31 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v4 → 5.3
  25. 2026-08-06 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-08-06 02:22 UTCEG score recompute
  27. 2026-08-06 02:22 UTCNVD updateCVSS v4 → 2.1
  28. 2026-08-06 02:05 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-08-06 02:05 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-18980?
CVE-2026-18980 is a medium vulnerability published on August 6, 2026. A vulnerability was identified in nearai ironclaw up to 0.29.1. Affected is the function classifycommandrisk of the file src/tools/builtin/shell.rs. Such manipulation leads to command injection. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The name of…
When was CVE-2026-18980 disclosed?
CVE-2026-18980 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 6, 2026, with the most recent update on August 12, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-18980 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-18980 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 31.2% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-18980?
CVE-2026-18980 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-18980?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-18980, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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