Critical severity · published Sep 21, 2026
CVE-2026-77521
MaxKB: Prompt-injectable agent can lead to command execution
10.0
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
MaxKB is an open-source AI assistant for enterprise. Prior to version 2.10.5-lts, assistants with a tool, MCP tool, skill, or sub-application use SandboxShellBackend, which exposes an execute shell tool without excluding it and omits execute from interrupt_on, so human approval is not required. Untrusted chat or ingested content can therefore cause command execution; source deployments with MAXKB_SANDBOX disabled run commands directly as the application user, while the official root container's string-based gosu wrapper allowed shell metacharacters to execute outside the intended sandbox. This issue is fixed in version 2.10.5-lts.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 64% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
MaxKB · 1Panel-dev
< 2.10.5-lts · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-77521
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-77521
github.com
https://github.com/1Panel-dev/MaxKB/commit/594f50f2ea80a502d1c955371ba0438b277c30ea
github.com
https://github.com/1Panel-dev/MaxKB/releases/tag/v2.10.5-lts
github.com
https://github.com/1Panel-dev/MaxKB/security/advisories/GHSA-f36j-f34j-h3rx
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