# CVE-2026-7205: duartium papers-mcp-server main.py search\_papers path traversal

- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-04-28 · Updated: 2026-04-28

## Affected

- duartium papers-mcp-server: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on duartium papers-mcp-server, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://vuldb.com/vuln/359805
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/359805/cti
- https://vuldb.com/submit/802080
- https://github.com/duartium/papers-mcp-server/issues/1
- https://github.com/duartium/papers-mcp-server/

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