Description
A prompt injection vulnerability in the shell tool in Amazon Strands Agents Tools before 0.8.0 might allow remote actors to execute arbitrary operating system commands on the agent's host via a crafted prompt that sets the non_interactive parameter to true, bypassing the human consent gate.



To remediate this issue, users should upgrade to version 0.8.0.
Published: 2026-08-03
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 21:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Aws strands Agents Tools
Vendors & Products Aws strands Agents Tools

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 20:45:00 +0000

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Description A prompt injection vulnerability in the shell tool in Amazon Strands Agents Tools before 0.8.0 might allow remote actors to execute arbitrary operating system commands on the agent's host via a crafted prompt that sets the non_interactive parameter to true, bypassing the human consent gate. To remediate this issue, users should upgrade to version 0.8.0.
Title Prompt injection bypasses shell tool consent gate in Strands Agents Tools
First Time appeared Aws
Aws strands-agents-tools
Weaknesses CWE-1427
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:aws:strands-agents-tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Aws
Aws strands-agents-tools
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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Aws Strands-agents-tools Strands Agents Tools
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: AMZN

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-03T20:35:23.023Z

Reserved: 2026-08-03T18:48:48.218Z

Link: CVE-2026-18733

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Updated: 2026-08-03T21:30:04Z

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