Roo Code is an AI-powered autonomous coding agent that lives in users' editors. Versions 3.25.23 and below contain a default list of allowed commands that do not need manual approval if auto-approve is enabled, and npm install is included in that list. Because npm install executes lifecycle scripts, if a repository’s package.json file contains a malicious postinstall script, it would be executed automatically without user approval. This means that enabling auto-approved commands and opening a malicious repo could result in arbitrary code execution. This is fixed in version 3.26.0.
Advisories
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-27127 Roo Code is an AI-powered autonomous coding agent that lives in users' editors. Versions 3.25.23 and below contain a default list of allowed commands that do not need manual approval if auto-approve is enabled, and npm install is included in that list. Because npm install executes lifecycle scripts, if a repository’s package.json file contains a malicious postinstall script, it would be executed automatically without user approval. This means that enabling auto-approved commands and opening a malicious repo could result in arbitrary code execution. This is fixed in version 3.26.0.
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History

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Roocode
Roocode roo Code
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:roocode:roo_code:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Roocode
Roocode roo Code

Mon, 08 Sep 2025 14:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sat, 06 Sep 2025 02:30:00 +0000

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Description Roo Code is an AI-powered autonomous coding agent that lives in users' editors. Versions 3.25.23 and below contain a default list of allowed commands that do not need manual approval if auto-approve is enabled, and npm install is included in that list. Because npm install executes lifecycle scripts, if a repository’s package.json file contains a malicious postinstall script, it would be executed automatically without user approval. This means that enabling auto-approved commands and opening a malicious repo could result in arbitrary code execution. This is fixed in version 3.26.0.
Title Roo Code: Auto-approve allows npm install execution of malicious postinstall scripts
Weaknesses CWE-78
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2025-09-08T14:05:33.807Z

Reserved: 2025-08-29T16:19:59.012Z

Link: CVE-2025-58374

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-09-08T13:53:43.701Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-09-06T03:15:40.097

Modified: 2025-09-15T18:07:55.513

Link: CVE-2025-58374

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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