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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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CVE-2026-18998 Detail

Description

A vulnerability was determined in cosmicstack-labs mercury-agent up to 1.1.12. Impacted is the function SubAgent.run of the file src/core/sub-agent.ts of the component delegate_task Tool. Executing a manipulation can lead to improper authorization. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
NVD assessment not yet provided.

Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  VulDB
CVSS-BT 2.1 LOW
Vector:  CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/cosmicstack-labs/mercury-agent/ VulDB
https://github.com/cosmicstack-labs/mercury-agent/issues/74 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-18998 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/submit/862628 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/submit/862629 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/vuln/386381 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/vuln/386381/cti VulDB

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment VulDB  
CWE-285 Improper Authorization VulDB  

Change History

2 change records found show changes

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-18998
NVD Published Date:
08/06/2026
NVD Last Modified:
08/12/2026
Source:
VulDB