---
id: CVE-2026-119025
title: open 7.2.0 before 11.0.0 OS Command Injection via PowerShell on Windows
summary: >-
  open 7.2.0 before 11.0.0 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that
  allows attackers to execute PowerShell code by supplying crafted URLs on
  Windows and WSL. Attackers can embed $(...) subexpressions in URLs, such as
  OAuth autho…
severity: high
cvss: 7.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cvssSource: cna
cwe:
  - CWE-78
vendor: sindresorhus
product: open
affected:
  - open >= 7.2.0 < 11.0.0
  - inspector >= 2.0.0 < 2.12.0
  - opencode >= 1.0.137 < 1.18.33
exploitAvailable: true
published: '2026-10-29'
updated: '2026-10-29'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-29T11:24:18.723Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-119025'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/sindresorhus/open/commit/274d70446bf38a7b7d50b214dd3962ef8ea9320d
    label: Patch Commit
  - url: 'https://github.com/sindresorhus/open/releases/tag/v11.0.0'
    label: open v11.0.0 Release Notes
  - url: 'https://github.com/sindresorhus/open/blob/v10.2.0/index.js#L189-L203'
  - url: 'https://github.com/sindresorhus/open/blob/v7.2.0/index.js#L60-L99'
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/inspector/security/advisories/GHSA-q978-78c7-phqw
    label: GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-q978-78c7-phqw)
  - url: 'https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode/pull/51414'
    label: 'opencode Pull Request #51414'
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode/commit/29f07e0c69ad8668e0e15b0eb54f2fcb342af98c
    label: opencode Patch Commit
  - url: >-
      https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/open-7.2.0-before-11.0.0-os-command-injection-via-powershell-on-windows
    label: >-
      VulnCheck Advisory: open 7.2.0 before 11.0.0 OS Command Injection via
      PowerShell on Windows
tags:
  - cve.org
  - exploit-available
epss: 0.01446
epssPercentile: 0.73297
exploits:
  github: 1
  githubRepos:
    - 'https://github.com/shouvikkkk/oauth-sink-check'
  checkedAt: '2026-11-01T17:58:21.190Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-11-01T17:57:46.230Z'
---

## Overview

open 7.2.0 before 11.0.0 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows attackers to execute PowerShell code by supplying crafted URLs on Windows and WSL. Attackers can embed $(...) subexpressions in URLs, such as OAuth authorization_endpoint values from malicious MCP servers, which execute when index.js passes them unescaped to powershell -EncodedCommand.

## Affected

- `open >= 7.2.0 < 11.0.0`
- `inspector >= 2.0.0 < 2.12.0`
- `opencode >= 1.0.137 < 1.18.33`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.