CVE-2026-115726

LOWCVSS 8.5 · HIGH

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

Aider through 0.86.2 contains a command execution vulnerability that allows attackers to run shell commands by committing a malicious .aider.conf.yml that is auto-loaded without a trust prompt. Attackers can set notifications-command or editor values that are executed via subprocess with shell=True after model replies or /editor use, running commands with the victim's privileges.

0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-78

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

STABLE

Threat summary

  • 2 mentions across 2 observed days
  • Momentum state: stable

What's happening

  • Peaked 1d ago at 1 mentions (2026-10-24); latest day: 1
  • 2 total mentions across 2 days

Deep dive

Activity timeline2 mentions / 2d
00111Mentions · 2026-10-24: 1Mentions · 2026-10-25: 110-2410-25
Referenced assets2 URLs
Full discourse2 posts
  • Hazem Omier@hazemomier

    بتفتح repo مش بتاعك بـ aider؟ خد بالك. CVE-2026-115726: الـ repo يقدر يحط .aider.conf.yml فيه notifications-command أو editor، وaider بيحمّله من غير trust prompt ويشغّله بـ shell=True. مفيش fix لحد 0.86.2. بص على الملف الأول، أو شغّله في container. https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider/issues/5885

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  • Cristian Leo@cristian_le0

    CVE-2026-115726 (CVSS v4 8.5), affects Aider through 0.86.2, issue still open. Until there's a fix: check or delete .aider.conf.yml before starting Aider in a repo you don't trust. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-115726

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