CVE-2026-33654CWE-1336CWE-290CWE-94

Zero-Click Indirect Prompt Injection and Authentication Bypass via Email Polling

High · published March 27, 2026

CVSS v4.0
8.9
EPSS
1%
Percentile
53.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

nanobot is a personal AI assistant. Prior to version 0.1.6, an indirect prompt injection vulnerability exists in the email channel processing module (`nanobot/channels/email.py`), allowing a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary LLM instructions (and subsequently, system tools) without any interaction from the bot owner. By sending an email containing malicious prompts to the bot's monitored email address, the bot automatically polls, ingests, and processes the email content as highly trusted input, fully bypassing channel isolation and resulting in a stealthy, zero-click attack. Version 0.1.6 patches the issue.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
8.9 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
EPSS
0.00723 · 53.5th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-1336 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine; CWE-290 · Authentication Bypass by Spoofing; CWE-94 · Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Published
2026-03-27T19:43Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 MAR 19:43Z
    Zero-Click Indirect Prompt Injection and Authentication Bypass via Email Polling
    cvelistv5