Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 3, 2026· Updated Aug 4, 2026
Prompt injection bypasses shell tool consent gate in Strands Agents Tools
CVE-2026-18733
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.
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Affected products
1- Range: <0.8.0
Patches
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References
3- pypi.org/project/strands-agents-tools/0.8.0/mitrerelease-notespatch
- aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-072-aws/mitrevendor-advisory
- github.com/strands-agents/tools/security/advisories/GHSA-mqvc-p852-wf8xmitrerelease-notes
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