warp: Incorrect Behavior Order: Validate Before Canonicalize
CVE-2026-48721 is a high-severity incorrect behavior order: validate before canonicalize vulnerability in warp from Warpdotdev, with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.6 out of 10. It can be exploited with local access to the system by an unauthenticated attacker, but only if a user takes part, for example by opening a link or file. There is no confirmed exploitation so far. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation within 30 days, which is low compared with other CVEs.
High severity with no evidence of exploitation so far.
What to do
- Check which version of warp you run against the affected versions below, and install the vendor's latest release.
- Read the advisory on github.com for workarounds and exact fixed builds.
- Because the attack needs a user to take part, warn users about unexpected links and files related to this product until it is patched.
Affected products and versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warpdotdev | warp | Not specified in the record | Not stated |
Version data comes from the organisation that assigned the CVE. Confirm against the vendor advisory before deciding you are unaffected.
How the severity score breaks down
- Attack vector
- LocalThe attacker needs local access or must trick a user into running something.
- Attack complexity
- LowNo special conditions are needed; the attack works reliably.
- Privileges required
- NoneNo account or login is needed.
- User interaction
- RequiredA user must take an action such as opening a file or link.
- Scope
- ChangedThe attack can reach beyond the vulnerable component into other systems.
- Confidentiality
- HighAll data handled by the component can be read.
- Integrity
- HighData or code can be modified at will.
- Availability
- HighThe component can be taken down completely.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H. Scored by CNA (github.com).
Official description
Warp is an agentic development environment. From 0.2025.10.08.08.12.stable_00 until 0.2026.05.06.15.42.stable_01, Warp contains a command execution permission-check bypass in the default unsandboxed CLI agent profile. The CLI profile is non-interactive and relies on a command denylist as a safety boundary for commands that should require confirmation. Because command strings were checked before canonicalizing leading environment-variable assignments, an attacker who can influence the agent's command output may cause denylisted commands to be treated as non-denylisted. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.2026.05.06.15.42.stable_01.
Source: the CVE record as published by its numbering authority, via NVD and CVE.org.
The underlying weakness: Incorrect Behavior Order: Validate Before Canonicalize
The product validates input before it is canonicalized.
How developers prevent this class of flaw
- Inputs should be decoded and canonicalized to the application's current internal representation before being validated (CWE-180). Make sure that the application does not decode the same input twice (CWE-174). Such errors could be used to bypass allowlist validation schemes by introducing dangerous inputs after they have been checked.
More Incorrect Behavior Order: Validate Before Canonicalize vulnerabilities (CWE-180)
Timeline
- CVE record published.
- CISA published its SSVC assessment (exploitation: none, automatable: no, technical impact: total).
- Record last changed materially (score, affected products, status or references).
References
Patches and release notes
Other vulnerabilities in warp
- 7.7 High severity
- 8.8 High severity
- 7.8 High severity
- 8.1 High severity
- 8.8 High severity
- 8.0 High severity
Recent Incorrect Behavior Order: Validate Before Canonicalize vulnerabilities
- 7.0 High severity
- 7.5 High severity
- 7.5 High severity
- 9.8 Critical severity
- 9.8 Critical severity
- 7.1 High severity
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