CVE-2026-18997CWE-285CWE-863broken-access-control

CVE-2026-18997

Medium · published August 6, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
29.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A vulnerability was found in cosmicstack-labs mercury-agent up to 1.1.12. This issue affects the function Agent.handleBgCommand of the file src/core/agent.ts of the component bg Command Handler. Performing a manipulation results in incorrect authorization. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00366 · 29.2th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-285 · Improper Authorization; CWE-863 · Incorrect Authorization
Published
2026-08-06T10:16Z
References (6)
https://github.com/cosmicstack-labs/mercury-agent/ · [email protected]https://github.com/cosmicstack-labs/mercury-agent/issues/73 · [email protected]https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-18997 · [email protected]https://vuldb.com/submit/862627 · [email protected]https://vuldb.com/vuln/386380 · [email protected]https://vuldb.com/vuln/386380/cti · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 06 AUG 04:30Z
    cosmicstack-labs mercury-agent bg agent.ts Agent.handleBgCommand authorization
    cvelistv5