# CVE-2026-78250: bytebot-ai bytebot Agent Execution Workflow infinite loop

> Remote attackers can trigger an infinite loop in the Agent Execution Workflow, causing a denial of service in the unsupported bytebot application.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 27 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wh8j-46p9-85gg

## What is CVE-2026-78250?

CVE-2026-78250 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in bytebot-ai bytebot, published on 24 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was identified in bytebot-ai bytebot 0.0.1. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Agent Execution Workflow. Such manipulation leads to infinite loop. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

Weakness: CWE-835 (Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition), CWE-404 (Improper Resource Shutdown or Release)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-78250?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-78250?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-78250 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-78250 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-78250 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Fork optimizado de Bytebot: Agente de IA para control de escritorio. Reducido de 7GB a 1.09GB, parcheada CVE-2026-78250, con documentación viva (Obsidian) y protocolo de trabajo Human-in-the-loop. (github_poc): https://github.com/n1kat/forkybot_AI

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-78250 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-78250 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in bytebot-ai bytebot, published on 24 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-78250 exists.

Affected product: bytebot-ai bytebot. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-78250/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-78250/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-78250
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-78250
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-78250

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-78250/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.