Vulnerability · Published Oct 27, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

CVE-2026-117569Kali-GPT through commit a608c74 OS Command Injection via MCP Scanner Tool Parameters

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity OS command injection in kali-gpt from alishahid74. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 52% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 48.0% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Kali-GPT through commit a608c74 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in execute_tool() in kali_gpt/tools/mcp_server.py that allows MCP clients to run commands via unsanitized scanner parameters. Attackers or prompt-injected agents can embed shell metacharacters in parameters like target, ports, domain, wordlist, or url, executed via subprocess.run with shell=True as the MCP server user.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
alishahid74	kali-gpt	0 – through a608c74e99910232dd208fee99de860458672b82

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

References

GitHub Issue #12 issue-tracking
https://github.com/alishahid74/kali-gpt product
https://github.com/alishahid74/kali-gpt/blob/a608c74e99910232dd208fee99de860458672b82/kali_gpt/tools/mcp_server.py#L229-L356 technical-description
VulnCheck Advisory: Kali-GPT through commit a608c74 OS Command Injection via MCP Scanner Tool Parameters third-party-advisory