CVE-2026-87985 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An arbitrary code execution vulnerability in Mistral Vibe allows an attacker to bypass command permission checks using ANSI-C quoted arguments. These arguments are not properly inspected, enabling a crafted allowlisted command to execute arbitrary code on the user's system without approval.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact High

Subsequent System Integrity Impact High

Subsequent System Availability Impact High

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

mistralai

mistral-vibe

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`2.9.0`	affected	≤ *

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Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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References

Link	Providers
https://www.hiddenlayer.com/sai-security-advisory/2026-09-mistral-vibe3

History

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		An arbitrary code execution vulnerability in Mistral Vibe allows an attacker to bypass command permission checks using ANSI-C quoted arguments. These arguments are not properly inspected, enabling a crafted allowlisted command to execute arbitrary code on the user's system without approval.
Weaknesses		CWE-184
References		https://www.hiddenlayer.com/sai-security-advisory/2026-09-mistral-vibe3
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 10, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H'}`

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: HiddenLayer

Published: 2026-09-11T14:26:53.768Z

Updated: 2026-09-11T14:57:01.673Z

Reserved: 2026-09-09T19:14:18.451Z

Link: CVE-2026-87985

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-11T15:17:07.520

Modified: 2026-09-11T15:17:07.520

Link: CVE-2026-87985

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-184

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