MiniclawApplication · 8421bit

CVE-2026-8112

HIGH · 8.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-05-07
Fix available
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94/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Public exploit Remotely reachable Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
A vulnerability was found in 8421bit MiniClaw up to 223c16a1088e138838dcbd18cd65a37c35ac5a84. Affected is the function executeCognitivePulse of the file src/kernel.ts. Performing a manipulation results in os command injection. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been made public and could be used. This product is using a rolling release to provide continious delivery. Therefore, no version details for affected nor updated releases are available. The patch is named 028f62216dee9f64833d0f1cfda7c217067ceba8. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis
How this class of weakness works · CWE-77

User input reaches a command interpreter without being fully separated from the command itself, so an attacker can append instructions of their own. Because those run with the application's privileges, it frequently means control of the host. The lasting fix is to avoid constructing commands from input — call APIs directly and pass arguments as data, never as concatenated strings.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
MiniclawApplication
Affected:<= 2026-04-29

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 2026-04-29
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Recommended fix High confidence
  1. Navigate to the MiniClaw project directory
  2. Fetch the latest changes from the remote repository
  3. Apply the fix by checking out or cherry-picking commit 028f62216dee9f64833d0f1cfda7c217067ceba8: `git fetch origin && git checkout 028f62216dee9f64833d0f1cfda7c217067ceba8`
  4. Alternatively, pull the latest changes which should include the fix: `git pull origin <branch-name>`
  5. Rebuild and redeploy the application
  6. Verify the fix by reviewing the patched src/kernel.ts file, specifically the executeCognitivePulse function to ensure command injection vectors are properly sanitized

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

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