PT-2026-50689 · Eclipse Foundation · Eclipse Theia

Piotr Ryciak · Published 2026-06-18 · Updated 2026-06-18 · CVE-2026-44688

Mitre

CVSS v4.0

8.4

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

In Eclipse Theia versions prior to 1.71.0, the AI chat agent processed workspace file and directory names as part of its prompt context without distinguishing them from system instructions. An attacker could craft a malicious repository with adversarial directory or file names that, when analyzed by the AI agent, would cause the agent to follow attacker-controlled instructions (indirect prompt injection). Combined with other AI chat features available in untrusted workspaces, this enabled attack chains leading to data exfiltration via Markdown image rendering or arbitrary command execution via task definitions.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-1427

CWE-829

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-44688

Affected Products

Eclipse Theia

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44688 · Security Note
• https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/cve-assignment/-/work_items/113 · Note