GHSA-rj5c-58rq-j5g5
Vulnerability from github
Published
2025-10-29 15:39
Modified
2025-10-29 15:39
Severity ?
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Summary
FastMCP vulnerable to windows command injection in FastMCP Cursor installer via server_name
Details

Summary

A command-injection vulnerability lets any attacker who can influence the server_name field of an MCP execute arbitrary OS commands on Windows hosts that run fastmcp install cursor

Details

  1. generate_cursor_deeplink(server_name, …) embeds server_name verbatim in a cursor://…?name= query string.
  2. open_deeplink() is invoked with shell=True only on Windows. That calls cmd.exe /c start .
  3. Any cmd metacharacter inside server_name (&, |, >, ^, …) escapes the start command and spawns an attacker-chosen process.

PoC

server.py ```

import random from fastmcp import FastMCP

mcp = FastMCP(name="test&calc")

@mcp.tool def roll_dice(n_dice: int) -> list[int]: """Roll n_dice 6-sided dice and return the results.""" return [random.randint(1, 6) for _ in range(n_dice)]

if name == "main": mcp.run() ```

then run in the terminal: fastmcp install cursor server.py

Impact

OS Command / Shell Injection (CWE-78) Every Windows host that runs fastmcp install cursor is at risk. Developers on their local workstations, CI/CD agents and corporate build machines alike.

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              "fixed": "2.13.0"
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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-62801"
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  "published": "2025-10-29T15:39:03Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "WEB",
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    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62801"
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    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
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      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "FastMCP vulnerable to windows command injection in FastMCP Cursor installer via server_name"
}


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