CVE-2026-77474CWE-400CWE-407CWE-693denial-of-service
CVE-2026-77474
High · published October 16, 2026
What it is
destructive_command_guard (dcg) is a command-line safety tool that blocks destructive shell commands before AI coding agents run them. Prior to 0.6.6, nested or unclosed substitutions are recursively rescanned after an inner scan returns unterminated, producing exponential-time work. The affected scanners are reached through split_command_segments in src/packs/mod.rs. a destructive command followed by nested or unclosed $( or $(( sequences. nested or unclosed $( and $(( sequences cause repeated rescanning of the remaining command suffix. a hung PreToolUse hook fails open, allowing the destructive command to proceed. This issue is fixed in version 0.6.6.
The record
Technical detail
- CVSS v3.1
- 7.1 · HIGH
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- CVSS v4.0
- Not supplied
- EPSS
- 0.00124 · 2.0th percentile
- Weaknesses
- CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption; CWE-407 · Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity; CWE-693 · Protection Mechanism Failure
- Published
- 2026-10-16T21:17Z
References (4)
EPSS history
Timeline
18 OCT 03:32Z
EPSS moved — → 0%
epss
16 OCT 16:10Z
dcg: Exponential-time command-substitution preprocessing lets a crafted command hang dcg and bypass the guard via hook-timeout fail-open
cvelistv5
16 OCT 16:10Z
dcg: Exponential-time command-substitution preprocessing lets a crafted command hang dcg and bypass the guard via hook-timeout fail-open
cvelistv5