GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI
GHSA-vjqx-cfc4-9h6v mcp-server-git : Path traversal in git_add allows staging files outside repository boundaries
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-27735
- Ecosystem
- PyPI
- Packages
- mcp-server-git
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
- Reviewed
- 2026-02-26
Affected packages
• PyPI mcp-server-git: < 2026.1.14 → fixed in 2026.1.14
Description
In `mcp-server-git` versions prior to 2026.1.14, the `git_add` tool did not validate that file paths provided in the files argument were within the repository boundaries. The tool used GitPython's `repo.index.add(`, which did not enforce working-tree boundary checks for relative paths. As a result, relative paths containing `../` sequences that resolved outside the repository were accepted and staged into the Git index, potentially allowing sensitive files to be exfiltrated via subsequent commit and push operations. The fix in PR #3164 switches to `repo.git.add()`, which delegates to the Git CLI and properly rejects out-of-tree paths. Users are advised to upgrade to 2026.1.14 or newer to remediate this issue.
mcp-server-git thanks https://hackerone.com/0dd-g for reporting and contributing the fix.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-27735 Model Context Protocol Servers is a collection of reference implementations for the model context protocol (MCP). vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness
References
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/security/advisories/GHSA-vjqx-cfc4-9h6v web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-27735 advisory
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/pull/3164 web
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/commit/862e717ff714987bd5577318df09858e14883863 web
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers package