CVE-2026-117569

high

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…

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.

CVSS

7.8

7.8 (CVSS v3.1)

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

Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (disclosure@vulncheck.com)

Timeline (UTC)

Published: 2026-10-27 14:16

Modified: 2026-10-27 16:04

NVD status: Deferred

Last synced 1 day ago

Verified against the source API 2026-10-28 11:30 UTC

Exploitation

Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)

Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.

References

https://github.com/alishahid74/kali-gpt disclosure@vulncheck.com
https://github.com/alishahid74/kali-gpt/blob/a608c74e99910232dd208fee99de860458672b82/kali... disclosure@vulncheck.com
https://github.com/alishahid74/kali-gpt/issues/12 disclosure@vulncheck.com
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kali-gpt-through-commit-a608c74-os-command-injection-... disclosure@vulncheck.com

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-28 11:30 UTC · record ↗

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