MetaGPT AI Agent
by FoundationAgents🌟 The Multi-Agent Framework: First AI Software Company, Towards Natural Language Programming
MetaGPT is an open-source ai agent by FoundationAgents, written mainly in Python, with 71,117 GitHub stars and the MIT license. Its code was last updated Jan 21, 2026.
Scan summary: scanned Nov 5, 2026 at commit 11cdf46. Seen able to run shell commands, run dynamic code, read environment and secrets. Scan policy
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11cdf46 · Nov 5, 2026 ScannedStatic, secrets and dependency checks completed with no critical findings.
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Findings (30)
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.code-execution issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.code-execution issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.code-execution issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.code-execution issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.credential-access issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.code-execution issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.secrets issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.dependencies issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.dependencies issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.dependencies issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.dependencies issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.dependencies issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.dependencies issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.Runs shell commands. Fine for some tools, but it means the agent can run anything your user can.
metagpt/environment/android/android_ext_env.py:139 - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.Deserializes data with pickle/marshal, which can execute code.
metagpt/ext/sela/search/tree_search.py:154 - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.Deserializes data with pickle/marshal, which can execute code.
metagpt/ext/sela/search/tree_search.py:486 - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.Runs shell commands. Fine for some tools, but it means the agent can run anything your user can.
metagpt/repo_parser.py:731 - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.Runs shell commands. Fine for some tools, but it means the agent can run anything your user can.
metagpt/utils/common.py:63 - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.Deserializes data with pickle/marshal, which can execute code.
metagpt/utils/serialize.py:75 - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.opencv-python@4.6.0.66: 2 known vulnerabilitiesPYSEC-2023-183, GHSA-qr4w-53vh-m672
examples/android_assistant/requirements.txt - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.requests@2.9.2: 5 known vulnerabilitiesPYSEC-2018-28, PYSEC-2023-74, PYSEC-2026-1872, PYSEC-2026-1873, PYSEC-2026-2275
metagpt/ext/sela/requirements.txt - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.curl-cffi@0.7.0: 1 known vulnerabilityPYSEC-2026-2431
requirements.txt - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.httplib2@0.22.0: 1 known vulnerabilityPYSEC-2026-3444
requirements.txt - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.setuptools@65.6.3: 4 known vulnerabilitiesPYSEC-2025-49, PYSEC-2026-1918, PYSEC-2026-3447, GHSA-xmj3-9gf7-h52w
requirements.txt - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.Install or build failed in a clean environmentpendencies cause: Because there is no version of lancedb==0.4.0 and metagpt==1.0.0 depends on lancedb==0.4.0, we can conclude that metagpt==1.0.0 cannot be used. And because only metagpt==1.0.0 is available and you require metagpt, we can conclude that your requirements are unsatisfiable.
- lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key
tests/metagpt/tools/test_search_engine_meilisearch.py:16 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.pylint@3.0.3: 1 known vulnerabilityGHSA-22qq-2fwx-7p67
requirements.txt - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.scikit-learn@1.3.2: 1 known vulnerabilityPYSEC-2024-110
requirements.txt - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.tqdm@4.66.2: 1 known vulnerabilityPYSEC-2026-1976
requirements.txt - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.No manifest declaring network access and environment variables (agent.json)
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