paperclipai paperclip 2026.410.0 API Endpoint os command injection

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A vulnerability was found in paperclipai paperclip. It has been rated as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component API Endpoint. The manipulation leads to os command injection. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-41208. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in paperclipai paperclip. This issue affects an unknown function of the component API Endpoint. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-78. The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Paperclip is a Node.js server and React UI that orchestrates a team of AI agents to run a business. Versions of @paperclipai/server prior to 2026.416.0 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows an attacker with an Agent API key to execute arbitrary OS commands on the Paperclip server host. An attacker with an agent credential can escalate privileges from the agent runtime to the Paperclip server host. The vulnerability occurs because agents are allowed to update their own adapterConfig via the /agents/:id API endpoint. The configuration field adapterConfig.workspaceStrategy.provisionCommand is later executed by the server runtime. As a result, an attacker controlling an agent credential can inject arbitrary shell commands which are executed by the Paperclip server during workspace provisioning. This breaks the intended trust boundary between agent runtime configuration and server host execution, allowing a compromised or malicious agent to escalate privileges and run commands on the host system. This vulnerability allows remote code execution on the server host. @paperclipai/server version 2026.416.0 fixes the issue.

The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-41208 since 04/18/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1202 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 2026.416.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-25162). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• paperclipai

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• paperclip

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• 2026.410.0

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• Product: https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/

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