CVE-2026-48116 PUBLISHED

AnythingLLM: RCE via ripgrep --pre argument injection in filesystem-search-files agent skill

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 20.05.2026 Published: 28.05.2026 Updated: 28.05.2026

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 <file> 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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 7.5

Product Status

Vendor Mintplex-Labs
Product anything-llm
Versions
  • Version < 1.13.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-77: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection') CWE
  • CWE-88: Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection') CWE