id: PYSEC-2026-2638
published: "2026-07-13T14:36:50.562710Z"
modified: "2026-07-13T16:04:51.040581Z"
aliases:
- CVE-2026-5971
- GHSA-3ghp-8r47-4gj4
summary: FoundationAgents MetaGPT vulnerable to eval injection
details: 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.
affected:
- package:
    name: metagpt
    ecosystem: PyPI
    purl: pkg:pypi/metagpt
  ranges:
  - type: ECOSYSTEM
    events:
    - introduced: "0"
    - last_affected: 0.8.1
  versions:
  - "0.1"
  - 0.3.0
  - 0.4.0
  - 0.5.0
  - 0.5.1
  - 0.5.2
  - 0.6.0
  - 0.6.1
  - 0.6.10
  - 0.6.11
  - 0.6.12
  - 0.6.13
  - 0.6.2
  - 0.6.3
  - 0.6.4
  - 0.6.5
  - 0.6.6
  - 0.6.7
  - 0.6.8
  - 0.6.9
  - 0.7.0
  - 0.7.1
  - 0.7.2
  - 0.7.3
  - 0.7.4
  - 0.7.6
  - 0.7.7
  - 0.8.0
  - 0.8.1
references:
- type: ADVISORY
  url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5971
- type: WEB
  url: https://github.com/FoundationAgents/MetaGPT/issues/1928
- type: WEB
  url: https://github.com/FoundationAgents/MetaGPT/issues/1956
- type: PACKAGE
  url: https://github.com/FoundationAgents/MetaGPT
- type: WEB
  url: https://vuldb.com/submit/791734
- type: WEB
  url: https://vuldb.com/vuln/356525
- type: WEB
  url: https://vuldb.com/vuln/356525/cti
- type: PACKAGE
  url: https://pypi.org/project/metagpt
- type: ADVISORY
  url: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3ghp-8r47-4gj4
severity:
- type: CVSS_V3
  score: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- type: CVSS_V4
  score: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P