Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 2, 2026
CVE-2026-84811
CVE-2026-84811
Description
agentverus-scanner fails to analyze compiled Python bytecode files in companion code directories, allowing attackers to bypass security scanning by shipping malicious __pycache__ entries alongside benign source files. Attackers can execute arbitrary Python bytecode on import while the scanner reports a CERTIFIED verdict with high trust scores in both static and semantic analysis modes.
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References
4- github.com/agentverus/agentverus-scanner/blob/v0.8.1/src/scanner/analyzers/semantic.tsnvd
- github.com/agentverus/agentverus-scanner/blob/v0.8.1/src/scanner/companion-code.tsnvd
- github.com/agentverus/agentverus-scanner/issues/27nvd
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/agentverus-scanner-companion-code-analysis-bypass-via-excluded-python-bytecodenvd
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