CVE-2026-5971

critical

A flaw has been found in FoundationAgents MetaGPT up to 0.8.1.

Vendor / product: Deepwisdom — metagpt

A flaw has been found in FoundationAgents MetaGPT up to 0.8.1. This vulnerability affects the function ActionNode.xml_fill of the file metagpt/actions/action_node.py of the component XML Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to improper neutralization of directives in dynamically evaluated code. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been published and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through a pull request but has not reacted yet.

CVSS

9.8

9.8 (CVSS v3.1)

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)

Timeline (UTC)

Published: 2026-04-09 18:17

Modified: 2026-10-26 21:10

NVD status: Analyzed

Last synced 2 days ago

Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 07:07 UTC

Exploitation

Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)

Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

deepwisdom / metagpt ≤0.8.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 CWE-95

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.

References

https://github.com/FoundationAgents/MetaGPT/ cna@vuldb.com
https://github.com/FoundationAgents/MetaGPT/issues/1928 cna@vuldb.com
https://github.com/FoundationAgents/MetaGPT/issues/1956 cna@vuldb.com
https://vuldb.com/submit/791734 cna@vuldb.com
https://vuldb.com/vuln/356525 cna@vuldb.com
https://vuldb.com/vuln/356525/cti cna@vuldb.com

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 07:07 UTC · record ↗

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