Vulnerability · Published Apr 28, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2026-7205duartium papers-mcp-server main.py search_papers path traversal

High 7.3

In plain English

A high-severity path traversal in papers-mcp-server from duartium. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 37% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.3High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 62.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability was identified in duartium papers-mcp-server 9ceb3812a6458ba7922ca24a7406f8807bc55598. Impacted is the function search_papers of the file src/main.py. Such manipulation of the argument topic leads to path traversal. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
duartium	papers-mcp-server	9ceb3812a6458ba7922ca24a7406f8807bc55598

Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R

References

VDB-359805 | duartium papers-mcp-server main.py search_papers path traversal vdb-entry, technical-description
VDB-359805 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) signature, permissions-required
Submit #802080 | duartium papers-mcp-server 0.1.0 Path Traversal third-party-advisory
https://github.com/duartium/papers-mcp-server/issues/1 exploit, issue-tracking
https://github.com/duartium/papers-mcp-server/ product