Vulnerability · Published Oct 6, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2026-105797SimpleChat: Command injection via authorization-gate ordering flaw (arbitrary process spawn through MCP stdio transport)

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity OS command injection in simplechat from microsoft. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 47% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 52.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

SimpleChat is a secure AI conversation application with personal and group workspaces for document-grounded interactions. In versions 0.261.003 and 0.261.027, an authorization ordering flaw in POST /api/user/plugins allows an authenticated low-privileged user to omit the top-level MCP type so that _reject_non_admin_mcp_stdio skips inspection before the type is restored from metadata. The stored personal action can then reach McpPluginFactory.create_connector, and MCPStdioPlugin.connect starts the attacker-selected operating-system process under the application service identity when the action tool is invoked. Exploitation requires personal plugins to be enabled and governance to permit MCP actions, and it can expose or modify secrets and data available to the service or disrupt the service. This issue is fixed in version 0.261.031.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
microsoft simplechat < 0.261.031

Weakness: CWE-78, CWE-863 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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