CVE-2026-117569

HIGH 7.8

Kali-GPT through commit a608c74 OS Command Injection via MCP Scanner Tool Parameters

CVSS Score

7.8

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

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.

CWE	CWE-78
Vendor	alishahid74
Product	kali-gpt
Published	Oct 27, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Affected Versions

alishahid74 / kali-gpt

0 ≤ a608c74e99910232dd208fee99de860458672b82

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

github.com: https://github.com/alishahid74/kali-gpt/issues/12 github.com: https://github.com/alishahid74/kali-gpt github.com: https://github.com/alishahid74/kali-gpt/blob/a608c74e99910232dd208fee99de860458672b82/kali_gpt/tools/mcp_server.py#L229-L356 vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kali-gpt-through-commit-a608c74-os-command-injection-via-mcp-scanner-tool-parameters

Credits

Nguyễn Văn Tiến