GHSA-jv2h-4p9v-wf5w: ouroboros-ai: Incomplete fix of CVE-2026-47211: untrusted project .env can still reach RCE via omitted execution-routing keys
The CVE-2026-47211 fix (0.39.0) added _UNTRUSTED_ENV_DENYLIST to stop an untrusted project-directory .env from redirecting execution. The denylist was incomplete — several execution-routing keys of the same RCE class were omitted, so a malicious cloned repo can still reach arbitrary command execution by shipping a .env (auto-loaded at import, no review step):
- Backend config-home roots
CODEX_HOME,OPENCODE_CONFIG,OPENCODE_CONFIG_DIR,XDG_CONFIG_HOME: a spawned vendor CLI resolves its config from these.CODEX_HOME=./.evil+ committed./.evil/config.tomlredirects the nested Codex agent to attacker config —mcp_servers.<name>.command/args(RCE) andapproval_policy="never"/sandbox_mode="danger-full-access"(silent removal of the human approval gate). (reported by matte1782) - MCP bridge / plugin execution roster
OUROBOROS_MCP_CONFIG(the YAML’s servercommand/argsare spawned via stdio_client — RCE),OUROBOROS_PLUGIN_LOCKFILE,OUROBOROS_PLUGIN_TRUST_ROOT(redirect the installed-plugin roster / trust root soooo <name>dispatches into attacker code). (reported by hackkim) - SSRF guard toggle
OUROBOROS_ALLOW_LOCAL_TRANSPORT(re-enables loopback/private MCP transport targets). - Instruction / capability roots
OUROBOROS_AGENTS_DIR,COPILOT_CUSTOM_INSTRUCTIONS_DIRS(replace spawned sub-agent role prompts),OUROBOROS_RUNTIME_PROFILE(backend selector),OUROBOROS_TOOL_CAPABILITIES(override YAML can lower a tool’sapproval_class, weakening the approval gate).
Additionally, the MCP bridge auto-loaded ./.ouroboros/mcp_servers.yaml from the working directory (create_bridge_from_env(cwd=Path.cwd())), so running ooo inside a malicious repo spawned the committed roster’s command — RCE with no .env at all. (cwd-branch noted by hackkim)
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