Vulnerability · Published May 25, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2026-9468dazeb cline-mcp-memory-bank index.ts handleInitializeMemoryBank path traversal

Medium 6.3

In plain English

A medium-severity path traversal in cline-mcp-memory-bank from dazeb. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 27% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 72.8% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A security flaw has been discovered in dazeb cline-mcp-memory-bank up to 55c81b9cf6c16700983c84dc4cdea3cafa19a75f. The affected element is the function handleInitializeMemoryBank of the file src/index.ts. The manipulation of the argument projectPath results in path traversal. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. This product utilizes a rolling release system for continuous delivery, and as such, version information for affected or updated releases is not disclosed. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
dazeb	cline-mcp-memory-bank	55c81b9cf6c16700983c84dc4cdea3cafa19a75f

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

References

VDB-365449 | dazeb cline-mcp-memory-bank index.ts handleInitializeMemoryBank path traversal vdb-entry, technical-description
VDB-365449 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) signature, permissions-required
Submit #813991 | dazeb cline-mcp-memory-bank 55c81b9cf6c16700983c84dc4cdea3cafa19a75f Path Traversal third-party-advisory
https://github.com/dazeb/cline-mcp-memory-bank/issues/5 exploit, issue-tracking
https://github.com/dazeb/cline-mcp-memory-bank/ product