CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-117569
8.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Deferred
- Published
- 2026-10-27
- Last modified
- 2026-10-27
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
- 8.5 HIGH — CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/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
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-78
Description
Kali-GPT through commit a608c74 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in execute_tool() in kali_gpt/tools/mcp_server.py that allows MCP clients to run commands via unsanitized scanner parameters. Attackers or prompt-injected agents can embed shell metacharacters in parameters like target, ports, domain, wordlist, or url, executed via subprocess.run with shell=True as the MCP server user.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command weakness
References
- https://github.com/alishahid74/kali-gpt github.com
- https://github.com/alishahid74/kali-gpt/blob/a608c74e99910232dd208fee99de860458672b82/kali_gpt/tools/mcp_server.py#L229-L356 github.com
- https://github.com/alishahid74/kali-gpt/issues/12 github.com
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kali-gpt-through-commit-a608c74-os-command-injection-via-mcp-scanner-tool-parameters www.vulncheck.com