# CVE-2026-36044: @pensar/apex \<= 0.0.58 is vulnerable to OS command injection via the smart\_enumerate tool.

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:R
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-05-27 · Updated: 2026-06-03

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

@pensar/apex <= 0.0.58 is vulnerable to OS command injection via the smart_enumerate tool. The createSmartEnumerateTool() function in src/core/agent/tools.ts constructs a shell command by concatenating unsanitized values from the extensions array and url parameter into a string passed to Node.js child_process.exec(). Because exec() spawns a shell, shell metacharacters in those values are interpreted by the host shell, resulting in arbitrary OS command execution with the privileges of the running process. NOTE: this is disputed by the Supplier because the report is about intended behavior, as explained in the Security Policy of the pensarai/apex GitHub repo.

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## References

- https://www.npmjs.com/package/@pensar/apex
- https://gist.github.com/NucleiAv/47e87da08b90ef464fd9b35affe578fb
- https://github.com/pensarai/apex/security

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