What is CVE-2026-17497?
NoteGen before 0.32.0 grants the Tauri shell plugin shell:allow-execute capability for bash, python, and python3 with arbitrary arguments in the default desktop capabilities. JavaScript running in the application webview can therefore invoke plugin:shell|execute to run attacker-controlled operating system commands with the privileges of the NoteGen process. In combination with script execution in the webview (for example via chat XSS), this enables full remote code execution on the user's machine.
The record classifies CVE-2026-17497 under weakness classes CWE-78, CWE-1249, CWE-276. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs no prior authentication, needs a user to take an action first, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 71 days ago.
Severity and exploitation probability
- CVSS v3.1 base score
- 8.3 — HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS (FIRST)
- 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 37.0% of all scored CVEs
- CISA KEV
- Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- Threadlinqs priority
- 5.6/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- Published
- 2026-07-26, last modified 2026-07-27
Is CVE-2026-17497 being exploited?
It currently carries a trending score of 39 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.
Affected products and versions
- codexu: NoteGen
How to fix CVE-2026-17497
No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-17497 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.
Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-17497
No threat campaign in the Threadlinqs corpus currently references CVE-2026-17497, in its CVE list or as an indicator. The linkage is recomputed from the live corpus on every daily ingest, so this section fills in as soon as a tracked campaign cites the identifier.
Sources
Enriched from CVE.org, NVD, FIRST EPSS. Last verified by Threadlinqs on . This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.