Is this vulnerability remotely exploitable?

Yes. The issue affects the WebSocket endpoint, and an attacker who can reach this endpoint and send crafted messages controlling `args` may trigger the vulnerability remotely.

What level of access does an attacker need?

The attacker must be able to establish a WebSocket connection to the gpt-researcher backend and deliver malicious `args`. Any additional authentication or network controls in front of the endpoint will influence practical exploitability.

What is the safest general fix pattern?

Refactor the code so that untrusted `args` are treated purely as data under strict schema validation and never directly embedded into executable commands or dynamically evaluated code. Use whitelisted operations and parameterized APIs instead of constructing commands from strings.

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.3)

Command Injection (CWE-94/CWE-74) in gpt-researcher WebSocket Endpoint

CVE-2026-5631

Published:

Apr 6, 2026

Status:

Received

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

NDV

Recent Vulnerabilities

CWE-77;CWE-78

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU setGameSpeedCfg CGI Handler

Remote Code Execution on the Router

April 6, 2026

CWE-77;CWE-78

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU setFirewallType Handler

Remote Code Execution on Router Firmware

April 6, 2026

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Command Injection

CWE:

CWE-74;CWE-94

Impact:

Remote Code Execution

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.3)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Command Injection

CWE:

CWE-74;CWE-94

Impact:

Remote Code Execution

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.3)

CVSS Version:

3.1

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Command Injection (CWE-94/CWE-74) in gpt-researcher WebSocket Endpoint

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

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU setGameSpeedCfg CGI Handler

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU setFirewallType Handler

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