A vulnerability was found in FoundationAgents MetaGPT up to 0.8.1. Impacted is the function get_mime_type of the file metagpt/utils/common.py. The manipulation results in os command injection. The attack can be executed remotely. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The project was informed of the problem early through a pull request but has not reacted yet.
CVE-2026-5973
Score 7.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-04-09. NVD baseline CVSS 7.3; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 7.3
- EG Score
- 7.3(medium)
- EPSS
- 81.2%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
April 9, 2026
Last Modified
April 29, 2026
Advisory Details (3)
Auto-updated Apr 29, 2026Fix command injection in get_mime_type() via shell=True by Krishnachaitanyakc · Pull Request #1983 · FoundationAgents/MetaGPT · GitHub
https://github.com/FoundationAgents/MetaGPT/pull/1983Command Injection in get_mime_type() via shell=True · Issue #1930 · FoundationAgents/MetaGPT · GitHub
https://github.com/FoundationAgents/MetaGPT/issues/1930GitHub - FoundationAgents/MetaGPT: 🌟 The Multi-Agent Framework: First AI Software Company, Towards Natural Language Programming · GitHub
https://github.com/FoundationAgents/MetaGPT/Patch Availability(1)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
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| pip | metagpt | — | ghsa |
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PyPI(1)
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| metagpt | 0.1 ... 0.8.1 (29 versions) | — | — |
Weakness Classification(2)
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