CVE-2026-5973

High

Description

A vulnerability was found in FoundationAgents MetaGPT up to 0.8.1. Impacted is the function get_mime_type of the file metagpt/utils/common.py. The manipulation results in os command injection. The attack can be executed remotely. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The project was informed of the problem early through a pull request but has not reacted yet.

SeverityHigh

CVSS7.3

Exploit probability—

ProductDeepwisdom Metagpt

PublishedApr 9, 2026

First seenApr 9, 2026

Weakness typeCWE-78OS command injection CWE-77Command injection

How to fix

Patches

github.com/FoundationAgents/MetaGPT/pull/1983

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
deepwisdom metagpt	v ≤ 0.8.1	—
metagptPyPI	v ≤ 0.8.1	—

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