{"id":"CVE-2026-117569","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-117569","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T01:01:26.376Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2026-10-27T14:16:39.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-27T16:04:23.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"disclosure@vulncheck.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":8.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"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/M"},"cwe":["CWE-78"],"affected":[],"epss":null,"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unscored. Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-27T14:16:39.000Z","detail":{"score":"8.5","severity":"HIGH","publishedAt":"2026-10-27T14:16:39.477Z"},"summary":"New CVE, high severity (CVSS 8.5)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/alishahid74/kali-gpt","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/alishahid74/kali-gpt/blob/a608c74e99910232dd208fee99de860458672b82/kali_gpt/tools/mcp_server.py#L229-L356","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/alishahid74/kali-gpt/issues/12","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kali-gpt-through-commit-a608c74-os-command-injection-via-mcp-scanner-tool-parameters","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-117569","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}