CVE-2026-55581

High

Description

mcp-shell is an MCP server for running shell commands securely, auditably, and on demand. Prior to 0.6.0, the default Docker security.yaml includes /bin/bash in allowed_executables, while security.go validates only the first token and checkBlockedPatternsAndCommands does not reject the shell command-mode flag -c. A caller of the shell_exec MCP tool can provide the command argument `/bin/bash -c <arbitrary-command>`, which passes validation and reaches executor.go, where parseCommand and exec.CommandContext execute the arbitrary command as mcpuser outside the intended allowlist. This issue is fixed in version 0.6.0.

SeverityHigh
CVSS8.4
Exploit probability—
ProductGithub.com/sonirico/mcp-shell
PublishedAug 25, 2026
First seenAug 25, 2026

How to fix

Update
  • github.com/sonirico/mcp-shell0.6.0 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
github.com/sonirico/mcp-shellGov < 0.6.00.6.0

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