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CVE-2025-58374: Roo Code arbitrary code execution through npm install auto-approval

Source: NVD(opens in a new tab)
Identifier: CVE-2025-58374
Published: September 5, 2025
Record updated: October 9, 2026

Known exploitation: Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog at the last check.
EPSS: 0.2%

Summary

Roo Code versions 3.25.23 and below ship a default allowlist of commands that run without manual approval when auto-approve is enabled, and that list includes npm install. Because npm install executes lifecycle scripts, a malicious postinstall script in a repository's package.json runs automatically, so opening a malicious repo with auto-approved commands enabled can lead to arbitrary code execution.

Mitigation

Fixed in version 3.26.0.

Details

Scores and exploitation

CVSS score: 7.8(high)
EPSS: 0.2%Estimated probability that this CVE is exploited in the next 30 days, from the FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System. Read on November 4, 2026.

Weaknesses and techniques

Weakness (CWE): CWE-78
Attack pattern (CAPEC): CAPEC-88

Classification

Attack type: Other
Attack sophistication: Trivial
AI component targeted: Agent
Impact: Confidentiality,
Integrity
Labels: security

How this record was produced

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Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-58374

First tracked: February 15, 2026 at 08:53 PM ET, from NVD/CVE Database

Classifier: claude-haiku-5-5, prompt v4

Classifier confidence: 90% (self-assessed)

Topics

AI agents

Summary

Mitigation

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