Cyber Posture

CVE-2026-44641

High

Published: 15 May 2026

Published
15 May 2026
Modified
15 May 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0006 19.4th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2026-44641 is a high-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 7.1 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 19.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

This vulnerability is AI-related — categorised as Other AI Platforms.

Threat & Defense Details

Likely Mitigating ControlsAI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-22 CWE-73

Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.

NVD Description

Microsoft APM is an open-source, community-driven dependency manager for AI agents. Prior to 0.8.12, Microsoft APM normalizes marketplace plugins by copying plugin components referenced in plugin.json into .apm/. The manifest fields agents, skills, commands, and hooks are attacker-controlled, but the…

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implementation does not enforce that those paths remain inside the plugin directory. A malicious plugin can therefore use absolute paths or ../ traversal paths to copy arbitrary readable host files or directories from the installer's machine during apm install. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.8.12.

Deeper analysisAI

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Details

CWE(s)
CWE-22CWE-73

AI Security AnalysisAI

AI Category
Other AI Platforms
Risk Domain
N/A
OWASP Top 10 for LLMs 2025
None mapped
Classification Reason
Matched keywords: ai

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