CVE-2026-7205
duartium papers-mcp-server main.py search_papers path traversal
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.9 Medium
- Published
- Apr 28, 2026
- Updated
- Apr 28, 2026
- Reserved
- Apr 27, 2026
Description
A vulnerability was identified in duartium papers-mcp-server 9ceb3812a6458ba7922ca24a7406f8807bc55598. Impacted is the function search_papers of the file src/main.py. Such manipulation of the argument topic leads to path traversal. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 6.9 Medium | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P | VulDB |
| 3.1 | 7.3 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R | VulDB |
| 3.0 | 7.3 High | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R | VulDB |
| 2.0 | 7.5 High | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR | VulDB |
Weaknesses
- CWE-22 Path Traversal
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
papers-mcp-serverduartium |
|
References
- VDB-359805 | duartium papers-mcp-server main.py search_papers path traversalvdb-entrytechnical-description
- VDB-359805 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA)signaturepermissions-required
- Submit #802080 | duartium papers-mcp-server 0.1.0 Path Traversalthird-party-advisory
- https://github.com/duartium/papers-mcp-server/issues/1exploitissue-tracking
- https://github.com/duartium/papers-mcp-server/product
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