CVE-2025-53818
CVE-2025-53818 · github-kanban-mcp-server Command Injection vulnerability
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GitHub Kanban MCP Server is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for managing GitHub issues in Kanban board format and streamlining LLM task management. Version 0.3.0 of the MCP Server is written in a way that is vulnerable to command injection vulnerability attacks as part of some of its MCP Server tool definition and implementation. The MCP Server exposes the tool `add_comment` which relies on Node.js child process API `exec` to execute the GitHub (`gh`) command, is an unsafe and vulnerable API if concatenated with untrusted user input. As of time of publication, no known patches are available.
CVSS 8.9 · High · EPSS 1.4%
- Published
- Updated
Stack: node
Affected products and versions
github-kanban-mcp-server
- Versions
- = 0.3.0: Affected
No fix published
@sunwood-ai-labs/github-kanban-mcp-server npm
- Affected ranges
- SEMVER: ≤ 0.3.0
No fix published
Original sources
- https://github.com/Sunwood-ai-labs/github-kanban-mcp-server/security/advisories/GHSA-6jx8-rcjx-vmwf
- https://github.com/Sunwood-ai-labs/github-kanban-mcp-server/blob/main/src/handlers/comment-handlers.ts#L8
- https://github.com/Sunwood-ai-labs/github-kanban-mcp-server/blob/main/src/handlers/tool-handlers.ts#L79
- https://github.com/Sunwood-ai-labs/github-kanban-mcp-server/blob/v0.4.0/src/handlers/comment-handlers.ts#L8-L23
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53818