Command Injection in AnythingLLM (CVE-2026-48116)
Summary
Command injection in AnythingLLM (CVE-2026-48116). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to 1.13.0 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
AnythingLLM is an application that turns pieces of content into context that any LLM can use as references during chatting. Prior to 1.13.0, the filesystem-search-files agent skill passes its LLM-controlled pattern parameter to ripgrep as a positional argument without a -- end-of-options separator. ripgrep parses any argument that starts with - as an option, so a pattern of --pre=/bin/sh turns ripgrep into a script executor: it runs /bin/sh for every file it walks. An attacker who can chat with an agent on a deployment with the filesystem plugin enabled (the default in the official Docker image) can use this, together with the sibling filesystem-write-text-file skill, to run arbitrary commands inside the AnythingLLM server container. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.13.0.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-48116 has been found in AnythingLLM.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 7.5/10.
What to do: upgrade AnythingLLM to 1.13.0 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "AnythingLLM CVE-2026-48116" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-48116 (AnythingLLM) — CWE-77 / CVSS v3 7.5
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Patched: 1.13.0 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-77) exists in AnythingLLM.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of AnythingLLM.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.5/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to 1.13.0.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'AnythingLLM' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'AnythingLLM' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
AnythingLLMを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade AnythingLLM to 1.13.0ステージング環境で 1.13.0 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- patch github.com