RooCodeInc Roo-Code up to 3.20.2 search_files injection

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A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in RooCodeInc Roo-Code up to 3.20.2. The affected element is the function search_files. The manipulation results in injection. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-53097. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in RooCodeInc Roo-Code up to 3.20.2. Affected is the function search_files. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-74. The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

Roo Code is an AI-powered autonomous coding agent. Prior to version 3.20.3, there was an issue where the Roo Code agent's `search_files` tool did not respect the setting to disable reads outside of the VS Code workspace. This means that an attacker who was able to inject a prompt into the agent could potentially read a sensitive file and then write the information to a JSON schema. Users have the option to disable schema fetching in VS Code, but the feature is enabled by default. For users with this feature enabled, writing to the schema would trigger a network request without the user having a chance to deny. This issue is of moderate severity, since it requires the attacker to already be able to submit prompts to the agent. Version 3.20.3 fixed the issue where `search_files` did not respect the setting to limit it to the workspace. This reduces the scope of the damage if an attacker is able to take control of the agent through prompt injection or another vector.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-53097 since 06/25/2025. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1055 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 3.20.3 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 10b2fb32ed047bbd7b8d10ef185c1ed345efcc92 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-19434). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• RooCodeInc

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• Roo-Code

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• 3.20.0
• 3.20.1
• 3.20.2

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• open-source

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• Product: https://github.com/RooCodeInc/Roo-Code/

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