Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting banks package, versions [,2.4.3)
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- published2 Aug 2026
- disclosed30 Jul 2026
- creditaslein
Introduced: 30 Jul 2026
NewCVE-2026-61536 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade banks to version 2.4.3 or higher.
Overview
banks is an A prompt programming language
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Injection via the importlib.import_module. An attacker can execute arbitrary code by supplying a malicious Tool.import_path value in a Tool JSON object, which is then imported and invoked with attacker-controlled arguments.