CVE-2026-18733
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 Aug 3, 2026
- CVSS 7.5 high
- 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS)
- A fix is available
Affected software
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- CVE-2026-18733 - Prompt injection bypasses shell tool consent gate in Strands Agents Tools AWS Security Bulletins ·