CVE-2026-33654 (GCVE-0-2026-33654)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-27 19:43 – Updated: 2026-03-30 18:59
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Title
Zero-Click Indirect Prompt Injection and Authentication Bypass via Email Polling
Summary
nanobot is a personal AI assistant. Prior to version 0.1.6, an indirect prompt injection vulnerability exists in the email channel processing module (`nanobot/channels/email.py`), allowing a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary LLM instructions (and subsequently, system tools) without any interaction from the bot owner. By sending an email containing malicious prompts to the bot's monitored email address, the bot automatically polls, ingests, and processes the email content as highly trusted input, fully bypassing channel isolation and resulting in a stealthy, zero-click attack. Version 0.1.6 patches the issue.
CWE
  • CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
  • CWE-290 - Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
  • CWE-1336 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
HKUDS nanobot Affected: < 0.1.4.post6
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