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CVE-2026-124028

MEDIUMCVSS 4.2/10EPSS 0.19%

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CVE-2026-124028 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 4.2/10 on the CVSS scale. mistral.rs before 0.9.5 contains a delimiter injection vulnerability in mistralrs-core that allows attackers to inject tool calls by placing delimiter strings in text the model quotes. Attackers controlling documents, web pages or tool outputs can embed tags like </tool_call> to make qwen-xml, gemma4 or reasoning parsers return extra calls to declared tools with attacker-chosen arguments.. EPSS estimates a 0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

mistral.rs before 0.9.5 contains a delimiter injection vulnerability in mistralrs-core that allows attackers to inject tool calls by placing delimiter strings in text the model quotes. Attackers controlling documents, web pages or tool outputs can embed tags like </tool_call> to make qwen-xml, gemma4 or reasoning parsers return extra calls to declared tools with attacker-chosen arguments.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1
4.2/10

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS 4.0
2.3/10

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

EPSS Probability
0.19%

8.6th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

References

Timeline

Published
Last Modified
Status
Deferred

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2026-124028?
mistral.rs before 0.9.5 contains a delimiter injection vulnerability in mistralrs-core that allows attackers to inject tool calls by placing delimiter strings in text the model quotes. Attackers controlling documents, web pages or tool outputs can embed tags like </tool_call> to make qwen-xml, gemma4 or reasoning parsers return extra calls to declared tools with attacker-chosen arguments.
How severe is CVE-2026-124028?
CVE-2026-124028 has a CVSS score of 4.2/10 (MEDIUM severity). The EPSS model estimates a 0.19% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How do I fix CVE-2026-124028?
Check the vendor references and advisories linked above for patched versions and mitigation guidance. You can also run a Strix scan to test if your systems are affected.

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Source: NVD / NIST