aider (aider-chat) automatically loads a .aider.conf.yml configuration file from the root of the git repository it is launched in. A crafted repository can set test-cmd (executed at startup) or lint-cmd (executed on the first file edit), which aider runs through a shell (subprocess with shell=True) without any user confirmation, LLM interaction, or API key. Consequently, a user who clones and runs aider inside an attacker-supplied repository achieves arbitrary command execution on their machine. The behavior is long-standing and was confirmed on 0.86.3.dev (current main).
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Fri, 04 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0000
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| Description | aider (aider-chat) automatically loads a .aider.conf.yml configuration file from the root of the git repository it is launched in. A crafted repository can set test-cmd (executed at startup) or lint-cmd (executed on the first file edit), which aider runs through a shell (subprocess with shell=True) without any user confirmation, LLM interaction, or API key. Consequently, a user who clones and runs aider inside an attacker-supplied repository achieves arbitrary command execution on their machine. The behavior is long-standing and was confirmed on 0.86.3.dev (current main). | |
| Title | aider 0.86.2 Remote Code Execution via .aider.conf.yml | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-94 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-04T14:32:28.178Z
Reserved: 2026-09-04T13:32:38.074Z
Link: CVE-2026-85674
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-04T15:17:45.597
Modified: 2026-09-04T15:17:45.597
Link: CVE-2026-85674
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-09-04T16:00:05Z
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