Critical · published December 24, 2025
🚨 An RCE vulnerability in the 5ire AI assistant could let attackers execute code remotely just by rendering a simple diagram! 🔥 Think of it as a restaurant where anyone can sneak in and add their own ingredients to the chef's secret recipes — instead of a delicious dish, you might end up with a toxic surprise! An attacker could exploit this flaw to run malicious code on the user's machine, potentially leading to data theft, system damage, or even complete control over the user's device. This is absolutely devastating for anyone who relies on 5ire for their day-to-day tasks!
Think of it as a restaurant where anyone can sneak in and add their own ingredients to the chef's secret recipes — instead of a delicious dish, you might end up with a toxic surprise! This vulnerability arises from the markdown-it-mermaid plugin being initialized with a 'loose' security level, thereby allowing the rendering of untrusted HTML tags within Mermaid diagram nodes. By crafting a malicious diagram, an attacker can leverage this to execute arbitrary JavaScript code.
An attacker could exploit this flaw to run malicious code on the user's machine, potentially leading to data theft, system damage, or even complete control over the user's device. This is absolutely devastating for anyone who relies on 5ire for their day-to-day tasks! Immediate action is essential! Update to version 0.15.3 or later as soon as possible and ensure that the markdown-it-mermaid plugin's security settings enforce 'strict' to prevent this from happening. Always review third-party plugins for security risks! You've got this! Stay proactive and secure your systems, and soon you’ll be a security hero! 🦸♂️
| Product | Versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 5ire/5ire | < 0.15.2 | 0.15.2 |