CVE-2026-62677: Omnigent Unvalidated Os_env.cwd Vulnerability

HIGH
Advisory Identifier: GHSA-p8rw-8qj3-hf33
CVSS 8.8
CWE-22
Published
Advisory Summary

CVE-2026-62677 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.8) unvalidated os_env.cwd vulnerability (CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')) affecting Omnigent libraries in the PyPI ecosystem. The issue involves unvalidated os_env.cwd in agent bundle yields arbitrary host filesystem access on runners without omnigent_runner_workspace. Remediation is available by upgrading affected packages to version 0.3.0.

CVE-2026-62677 at a Glance

CVE Identifier CVE-2026-62677
GHSA Identifier GHSA-p8rw-8qj3-hf33
Severity HIGH
CVSS v3.1 Base Score 8.8
CWE Classification CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Affected Product Omnigent
Package Ecosystem PyPI
Published Date
Last Updated

Security Impact

CVSS: 8.8

The security impact metrics below are parsed directly from the CVSS v3.1 vector string (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Attack Vector Network (AV:N)
Attack Complexity Low (AC:L)
Privileges Required Low (PR:L)
User Interaction None (UI:N)
Scope Unchanged (S:U)
Confidentiality High (C:H)
Integrity High (I:H)
Availability High (A:H)

How to Fix CVE-2026-62677

To remediate this vulnerability, upgrade all affected Omnigent dependencies to a patched release. Both direct and transitive dependencies should be checked, as frameworks or security libraries may pull in vulnerable versions transitively.

omnigent fixed: 0.3.0
pip install omnigent>=0.3.0
Verify Direct and Transitive Dependencies

Run the following command in your project directory to verify that all resolved dependencies use the patched release:

pip show omnigent

How to Check if You Are Affected

To determine whether your Python environment is affected by CVE-2026-62677, inspect your installed packages using pip:

pip show omnigent

Analyze the terminal output to locate any version of Omnigent in your dependency tree. If any resolved version matches the vulnerable ranges listed in the table below (for example, versions earlier than 0.3.0), your application is affected.

Note: The pip show omnigent command checks currently installed packages in your active Python environment.

Technical Details

Vulnerability Mechanism & Technical Analysis

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'), where the product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. In Omnigent, software state validation or input boundaries are circumvented during processing. Review the official source advisory statement below for specific affected components, classes, and reproduction details.

Source Advisory Statement

### Summary An authenticated, non-admin user can obtain **arbitrary host-filesystem read/write** (and host environment-secret disclosure) on an Omnigent **runner** by uploading an agent bundle whose `os_env.cwd` points outside any intended workspace (e.g. `/` or `/home/<victim>`). The `cwd` field is taken **verbatim** from the bundle with no validation, normalization, or boundary check anywhere in the spec pipeline. This is a **different sink** from GHSA-jrrm-9hc7-2v3h (CWE-94, shared-agent bundle overwrite -> stdio MCP RCE). It shares the bundle-upload *vector* but is reached through the user's **own** session-scoped agent and is **not** addressed by that advisory's proposed shared-agent guard. ### Preconditions - Runner realizes a session-scoped uploaded bundle **without** `OMNIGENT_RUNNER_WORKSPACE` set. When that env var is set (CLI- and host-launched sessions set it), the spec `cwd` is overridden and the attack is neutralized — so this is deployment-gated, not universal. - Attacker is any authenticated user (no admin scope; `_require_user` only checks identity). No shared-agent overwrite needed. ### Details (verified against code) 1. **Parse — no validation.** `omnigent/spec/parser.py:696` stores `cwd=str(cwd_raw)` verbatim. Absolute paths (`/`, `/etc`), `../..`, etc. are all accepted. The `sandbox.type` is likewise author-chosen and `"none"` is legal. 2. **Validate — cwd unconstrained.** `omnigent/spec/validator.py` `_validate_os_env` checks only fork/scratch/egress combinations; it never references `cwd` (the sole mention, line ~526, is a comment). No boundary is applied to the cwd itself. The boundary in `server/schemas.py` validates a *caller-supplied workspace against* the spec cwd (treating the author cwd as trusted) and only for host-launched sessions — it does not bound the cwd. 3. **Sink.** `omnigent/inner/os_env.py:890` sets `cwd = Path(spec.cwd or os.getcwd()).resolve(strict=False)` as the environment root; `os_env.py:934` does `shutil.copytree(src=cwd, ...)` when `fork=true`. All agent file/shell tools are bounded by `_assert_within_cwd` (`os_env.py:1040`), which checks `resolved.relative_to(cwd)` — but since **cwd is attacker-controlled**, `cwd=/` makes the entire host filesystem in-bounds for read and write; `fork=true` with `cwd=/home/victim` copies that tree into the agent-readable workspace. 4. **Decisive gate.** `omnigent/runner/resource_registry.py:648-654`: `cwd = default_cwd` only when `self._runner_workspace is not None or spec_os_env.cwd in (None, ".", "./")`; otherwise `cwd = spec_os_env.cwd` (the attacker's absolute path). So `OMNIGENT_RUNNER_WORKSPACE` is the only thing standing between the spec and the host FS — and it is an operational control, not an in-code guard. A code comment at `tool_dispatch.py:~4207` claims cwd "is treated as a boundary at session-create time," which is not true on this path. ### Attack path 1. Authenticated user sends `POST /v1/sessions` (multipart) with an agent bundle whose `config.yaml` contains: ```yaml os_env: cwd: "/" # or /home/<victim>, with fork: true for one-shot exfil sandbox: { type: none } ``` 2. On a runner without `OMNIGENT_RUNNER_WORKSPACE`, the agent's `sys_os_read`/`write`/`edit`/`shell` tools now operate over the whole host filesystem, and (sandbox inactive) inherit the runner's full environment — exposing host secrets via e.g. `sys_os_shell("env")`. ### Impact Arbitrary host-filesystem read/write and runner-environment secret disclosure, available to any authenticated user on an affected deployment. High severity (deployment-conditional). ### Suggested fix Add a control on the `cwd` field itself in `omnigent/spec/_validate_os_env` (and/or at parse): reject absolute paths and `..` traversal, and require `cwd` to resolve within the runner workspace / an allow-listed root. Do not rely on `OMNIGENT_RUNNER_WORKSPACE` being set as the sole defense. Consider also disallowing bundle-author `sandbox.type: none` for server-realized (non-CLI) sessions. ### Related GHSA-jrrm-9hc7-2v3h (same bundle-upload vector, different sink; that fix does not cover this).

CVE-2026-62677 Affected Omnigent Versions

1 component(s)
Fixed Versions:
0.3.0
Product / Package Ecosystem Affected Versions Fixed Version
omnigent
PyPI
< 0.3.0
0.3.0

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2026-62677?
CVE-2026-62677 is a security vulnerability in Omnigent involving Unvalidated os_env.cwd in agent bundle yields arbitrary host filesystem access on runners without OMNIGENT_RUNNER_WORKSPACE under CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal').
Which Omnigent versions are affected?
Affected versions include releases prior to 0.3.0 across affected packages: omnigent.
What version fixes CVE-2026-62677?
Upgrading to 0.3.0 (or the latest patched release for your respective branch) resolves the vulnerability.
Is omnigent affected?
Yes, omnigent is affected in releases prior to 0.3.0. Upgrade your dependency to 0.3.0 or later.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-62677?
CVE-2026-62677 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH) with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
What CWE is associated with CVE-2026-62677?
CVE-2026-62677 is classified under CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.).
How can I check PyPI dependencies for CVE-2026-62677?
Run the dependency tree command: 'pip show omnigent'. This command lists direct and transitive dependencies in your build configuration so you can verify if a vulnerable version is resolved.
Machine-readable OSV JSON OSV v1.5 Schema
Normalized schema output
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