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title: "CVE-2026-61732: Decepticon - Command Injection"
description: "Decepticon < 1.1.17 contains a command injection caused by unneutralized ChatML special-token literals in web crawl results under BYOK deployment, letting attackers bypass agent guardrails and execute arbitrary commands in Kali Linux sandbox, exploit requires attacker to plant malicious strings in target web pages."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-61732/
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# CVE-2026-61732 Decepticon - Command Injection

Decepticon < 1.1.17 contains a command injection caused by unneutralized ChatML special-token literals in web crawl results under BYOK deployment, letting attackers bypass agent guardrails and execute arbitrary commands in Kali Linux sandbox, exploit requires attacker to plant malicious strings in target web pages.

CVSS base score 10.0 /10

Critical

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

Proof of concept available

Authentication

Not required

EPSS

1.22% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-61732)

## Details

Type

Command Injection

Impact

Remote Code Execution

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

24 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-74](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/74.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to version 1.1.17 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-61732](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-61732)
- [https://github.com/BitterSecurity/Decepticon/commit/79ee2aaf22f4c36a5b1968f6ca3f8086b6e35b67](https://github.com/BitterSecurity/Decepticon/commit/79ee2aaf22f4c36a5b1968f6ca3f8086b6e35b67)
- [https://github.com/BitterSecurity/Decepticon/security/advisories/GHSA-g5f9-3xfg-p9mf](https://github.com/BitterSecurity/Decepticon/security/advisories/GHSA-g5f9-3xfg-p9mf)

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