Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2026-45539

Microsoft APM is an open-source, community-driven dependency manager for AI agents.

Published May 15, 2026 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · Microsoft APM is an

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-45539. EPSS is 1.06%. Act only if a listed version of Microsoft APM is an is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (Microsoft APM is an).
  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High7.4
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
1.06%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
See sources for product scope

Microsoft APM is an open-source, community-driven dependency manager for AI agents. From 0.5.4 to 0.12.4, two primitive integrators in apm-cli enumerate package files with bare Path.glob() / Path.rglob() calls and read each match with Path.read_text(), transparently following symbolic links. A symlink committed inside a remote APM dependency under .apm/prompts/ .prompt.md or .apm/agents/ .agent.md is preserved verbatim into apm_modules/ on clone and then dereferenced during integration, with the resolved content written as a regular file into the project's deploy directories. The package content_hash, the pre-deploy SecurityGate scan, and apm audit do not flag this. The deploy roots are not added to the auto-generated .gitignore, so the resulting files are staged by git add by default. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.13.0.

No affected version ranges are stored yet. Use the vendor advisory before you decide this record does not apply.

How to fix CVE-2026-45539

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-45539. EPSS is 1.06%. Act only if a listed version of Microsoft APM is an is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information; CWE-59: Link Following. EPSS 1.06%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 15, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    Microsoft APM is an open-source, community-driven dependency manager for AI agents. From 0.5.4 to 0.12.4, two primitive integrators in apm-cli enumerate package files with bare Path.glob() / Path.rglob() calls and read each match with Path.read_text(), transparently following symbolic links. A symlink committed inside a remote APM dependency under .apm/prompts/ .prompt.md or .apm/agents/ .agent.md

  2. Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    Microsoft APM is an open-source, community-driven dependency manager for AI agents. From 0.5.4 to 0.12.4, two primitive integrators in apm-cli enumerate package files with bare Path.glob() / Path.rglob() calls and read each match with Path.read_text(), transparently following symbolic links. A symlink committed inside a remote APM dependency under .apm/prompts/ .prompt.md or .apm/agents/ .agent.md

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-45539

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-45539

    30-day exploitation probability 1.1%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-45539

    Microsoft APM is an open-source, community-driven dependency manager for AI agents. From 0.5.4 to 0.12.4, two primitive integrators in apm-cli enumerate package files with bare Path.glob() / Path.rglob() calls and read each match with Path.read_text(), transparently following sym

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.