mac-shell-mcp before 2.0.0 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows MCP clients to bypass the command whitelist by injecting shell metacharacters into execute_command arguments. Attackers or malicious prompts can call a safe command such as pwd with arguments like ';' to run forbidden commands as the server user without approval.

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Description mac-shell-mcp before 2.0.0 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows MCP clients to bypass the command whitelist by injecting shell metacharacters into execute_command arguments. Attackers or malicious prompts can call a safe command such as pwd with arguments like ';' to run forbidden commands as the server user without approval.
Title mac-shell-mcp before 2.0.0 OS Command Injection via execute_command Arguments
Weaknesses CWE-78
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

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Updated: 2026-10-12T12:13:05.422Z

Reserved: 2026-10-11T19:04:35.850Z

Link: CVE-2026-108953

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-12T13:17:28.307

Modified: 2026-10-12T13:17:28.307

Link: CVE-2026-108953

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