CVE-2025-53818
github-kanban-mcp-server Command Injection vulnerability
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.9 High
- Published
- Jul 14, 2025
- Updated
- Jul 15, 2025
- Reserved
- Jul 9, 2025
Description
GitHub Kanban MCP Server is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for managing GitHub issues in Kanban board format and streamlining LLM task management. Version 0.3.0 of the MCP Server is written in a way that is vulnerable to command injection vulnerability attacks as part of some of its MCP Server tool definition and implementation. The MCP Server exposes the tool `add_comment` which relies on Node.js child process API `exec` to execute the GitHub (`gh`) command, is an unsafe and vulnerable API if concatenated with untrusted user input. As of time of publication, no known patches are available.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 8.9 High | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
github-kanban-mcp-serverSunwood-ai-labs |
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References
- https://github.com/Sunwood-ai-labs/github-kanban-mcp-server/security/advisories/GHSA-6jx8-rcjx-vmwf
- https://github.com/Sunwood-ai-labs/github-kanban-mcp-server/blob/main/src/handlers/comment-handlers.ts#L8
- https://github.com/Sunwood-ai-labs/github-kanban-mcp-server/blob/main/src/handlers/tool-handlers.ts#L79
- https://github.com/Sunwood-ai-labs/github-kanban-mcp-server/blob/v0.4.0/src/handlers/comment-handlers.ts#L8-L23
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