CVE-2026-44688 PUBLISHED

Assigner: eclipse
Reserved: 22.05.2026 Published: 18.06.2026 Updated: 18.06.2026

In Eclipse Theia versions prior to 1.71.0, the AI chat agent processed workspace file and directory names as part of its prompt context without distinguishing them from system instructions. An attacker could craft a malicious repository with adversarial directory or file names that, when analyzed by the AI agent, would cause the agent to follow attacker-controlled instructions (indirect prompt injection). Combined with other AI chat features available in untrusted workspaces, this enabled attack chains leading to data exfiltration via Markdown image rendering or arbitrary command execution via task definitions.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.4

Product Status

Vendor Eclipse Foundation
Product Eclipse Theia
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 1.71.0 (excl.)

Credits

  • Piotr Ryciak (https://gitlab.eclipse.org/void01) finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-1427 Improper neutralization of input used for LLM prompting CWE
  • CWE-829 Inclusion of functionality from untrusted control sphere CWE