CVE-2026-33654 PUBLISHED

Zero-Click Indirect Prompt Injection and Authentication Bypass via Email Polling

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 23.03.2026 Published: 27.03.2026 Updated: 27.03.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
CVSS Score: 8.9

Product Status

Vendor HKUDS
Product nanobot
Versions
  • Version < 0.1.4.post6 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') CWE
  • CWE-290: Authentication Bypass by Spoofing CWE
  • CWE-1336: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine CWE