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CVE-2026-86439GHSA-9GFJ-28HW-JCHP

knowns before 0.30.0 Path Traversal via MCP doc and memory tools

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 0.30.0
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

knowns versions before 0.30.0 fail to validate filesystem paths in MCP tool arguments, allowing attackers to read, create, overwrite and delete files outside the project directory. Attackers can supply path arguments containing directory traversal sequences to access arbitrary Markdown files accessible to the server process.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • knowns-dev knowns

    fixed in 0.30.0

  • knownsnpm

    fixed in 0.30.0

References 6

GitHub · knowns-dev/knowns

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