CVE-2026-45374: DeepSeek TUI: task_create Insecure Defaults Enable RCE via Prompt Injection in Project Files
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The task_create tool spawns durable sub-agents that inherit two insecure defaults:
allow_shelldefaults totrue(config.rs:1499:self.allow_shell.unwrap_or(true))auto_approvedefaults totrue(task_manager.rs:297:auto_approve: Some(true))
When a user approves a task_create call (which requires ApprovalRequirement::Required), they approve what appears to be a benign work prompt (e.g., “fix TODOs and write a README”). However, the spawned sub-agent silently receives unrestricted, unapproved shell access. Neither allow_shell nor auto_approve need to be explicitly specified by the model and both default to true.
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