FKIE_CVE-2026-75915

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-18 16:18 - Updated: 2026-08-18 16:18
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
CodeWhale versions before 0.8.64 contain an environment variable exposure vulnerability in the js_execution tool that fails to scrub parent process environment variables before spawning Node.js. Attackers can craft malicious JavaScript code executed by the tool to read process.env and leak API keys, cloud credentials, and authentication tokens back to the model context.
References
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale/commit/26de44a8bd5051f8f944ea60b2c37ae1d2b7d25e
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale/security/advisories/GHSA-h539-c7r8-3xq4
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/codewhale-before-environment-variable-leak-via-js-execution
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale/security/advisories/GHSA-h539-c7r8-3xq4
Impacted products
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