A vulnerability was found in cosmicstack-labs mercury-agent up to 1.1.12. This issue affects the function Agent.handleBgCommand of the file src/core/agent.ts of the component bg Command Handler. Performing a manipulation results in incorrect authorization. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

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Vendor Product Default status Versions
cosmicstack-labs mercury-agent affected
Version Status Constraints
1.1.0 affected —
1.1.1 affected —
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References
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https://github.com/cosmicstack-labs/mercury-agent/ cve-icon
https://github.com/cosmicstack-labs/mercury-agent/issues/73 cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-18997 cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/submit/862627 cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/386380 cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/386380/cti cve-icon
History

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 05:30:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability was found in cosmicstack-labs mercury-agent up to 1.1.12. This issue affects the function Agent.handleBgCommand of the file src/core/agent.ts of the component bg Command Handler. Performing a manipulation results in incorrect authorization. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
Title cosmicstack-labs mercury-agent bg agent.ts Agent.handleBgCommand authorization
First Time appeared Cosmicstack-labs
Cosmicstack-labs mercury-agent
Weaknesses CWE-285
CWE-863
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:cosmicstack-labs:mercury-agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Cosmicstack-labs
Cosmicstack-labs mercury-agent
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, '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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-06T04:30:10.579Z

Reserved: 2026-08-05T19:41:35.352Z

Link: CVE-2026-18997

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Weaknesses