Is this vulnerability remotely exploitable over the network?

It is indirectly remote: an attacker can host or distribute a malicious deeplink over the internet, but the exploit still requires a local user to open that link with the Dive desktop application.

What level of access does an attacker need to exploit this issue?

The attacker does not need prior access to the victim's machine; they only need to persuade the user to open a crafted deeplink. Once opened, the vulnerable configuration flow can lead to arbitrary local command execution under the victim's user account.

What is the safest general fix pattern for developers?

The safest approach is to decouple deeplink handling from powerful execution capabilities: treat deeplink-provided configurations as untrusted, require explicit and informed user consent before enabling any configuration that can execute commands, and constrain/sandbox execution so that configuration cannot directly translate into arbitrary code or command invocation.

Severity:

CRITICAL RISK

(9.6)

Code Injection via Crafted Deeplinks (CWE-94) in Dive MCP Host Desktop Application

CVE-2026-23523

Published:

Jan 16, 2026

Status:

Analyzed

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

NDV

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HIGH RISK

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Remote Code Execution on the Server Host

February 17, 2026

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Code Injection

CWE:

CWE-94

Impact:

Arbitrary Local Command Execution

Severity:

CRITICAL RISK

(9.6)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Code Injection

CWE:

CWE-94

Impact:

Arbitrary Local Command Execution

Severity:

CRITICAL RISK

(9.6)

CVSS Version:

3.1

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Code Injection via Crafted Deeplinks (CWE-94) in Dive MCP Host Desktop Application

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

Recent Vulnerabilities

CRITICAL RISK

CRITICAL

(9.8)

Missing Authentication for Forgot-Password Email Change API (CWE-306)

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in node-sonos-http-api TTS Provider for macOS

Vulnerability Type

Vulnerability Type

Vulnerability Type

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