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GHSA-GVH6-V5P6-8RFV

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-29 00:30 – Updated: 2026-04-29 00:30

Details

A vulnerability was detected in elie mcp-project 0.1.0. The affected element is the function search_papers of the file research_server.py. The manipulation of the argument topic results in path traversal. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit is now public and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

Severity

5.9 (Medium)


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

2.0 (Low)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

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  "id": "GHSA-gvh6-v5p6-8rfv",
  "modified": "2026-04-29T00:30:23Z",
  "published": "2026-04-29T00:30:23Z",
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    },
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    },
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CVE-2026-7318 (GCVE-0-2026-7318)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-28 20:45 – Updated: 2026-04-29 13:02

Title

elie mcp-project research_server.py search_papers path traversal

Summary

Severity

5.1 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

5.9 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R

5.9 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-22 - Path Traversal

Assigner

VulDB

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://vuldb.com/vuln/359971	vdb-entrytechnical-description
https://vuldb.com/vuln/359971/cti	signaturepermissions-required
https://vuldb.com/submit/803083	third-party-advisory
https://github.com/elie/mcp-research-server/issues/1	exploitissue-tracking

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
elie	mcp-project	Affected: 0.1.0

Credits

LittleW (VulDB User) VulDB CNA Team

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GHSA-GVH6-V5P6-8RFV

CVE-2026-7318 (GCVE-0-2026-7318)

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