Kali-GPT through commit a608c74 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in executetool() in kaligpt/tools/mcpserver.py that allows…
CVE-2026-117569
Kali-GPT through commit a608c74 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in executetool() in kaligpt/tools/mcpserver.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.
Part of the AI stack
This affects Model Context Protocol, in MCP & tool servers.
Assessment
- CVSS
- 8.5 (v4.0)
- Severity
- High
- Known exploited
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Exploit availability
- Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
- Published
- 27 October 2026
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
- Weakness
- CWE-78
- Assigner
- disclosure@vulncheck.com
CVSS vectorCVSS: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/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
At the source
References
- https://github.com/alishahid74/kali-gpt
- https://github.com/alishahid74/kali-gpt/blob/a608c74e99910232dd208fee99de860458672b82/kali_gpt/tools/mcp_server.py#L229-L356
- https://github.com/alishahid74/kali-gpt/issues/12
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kali-gpt-through-commit-a608c74-os-command-injection-via-mcp-scanner-tool-parameters
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