CVE-2026-44968

dbt-mcp: Argument Injection in dbt CLI Tool Wrappers via node_selection and resource_type Parameters

State
Published
Severity
6.3 Medium
Published
Jul 16, 2026
Updated
Jul 17, 2026
Reserved
May 8, 2026

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Description

dbt-mcp is a Model Context Protocol server for interacting with dbt. Prior to 1.17.1, _run_dbt_command() in src/dbt_mcp/dbt_cli/tools.py appended unsanitized node_selection and resource_type values to the dbt subprocess argument list, allowing an MCP client to inject dbt global flags such as --profiles-dir, --project-dir, and --target into subprocess.Popen even though shell=False prevents shell metacharacter injection. This issue is fixed in version 1.17.1.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.16.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-88 Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
dbt-mcpdbt-labs
  • < 1.17.1Affected

References

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