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GHSA-j7h9-2jh7-g967

HighCVSS 8.7 / 10
Published May 7, 2026·Last modified May 7, 2026
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

Summary

mcp-ssh-tool has released version 2.1.1 with security hardening for transfer path authorization and HTTP bearer authentication.

The release addresses:

  • insufficient local path policy enforcement in transfer-related filesystem handling
  • incomplete canonicalization and segment-boundary handling for deny-prefix path policy checks
  • non-constant-time HTTP bearer token comparison

Impact

Affected versions may allow policy bypass in transfer path handling under specific configurations, and may expose a timing side channel in bearer-token comparison for HTTP deployments.

Patched Version

Upgrade to mcp-ssh-tool >= 2.1.1.

npm install -g mcp-ssh-tool@latest

Workarounds

For deployments that cannot immediately upgrade:

  • avoid exposing HTTP transport beyond loopback
  • use strict filesystem policy configuration
  • avoid granting MCP clients access to sensitive local transfer paths
  • monitor audit logs for unexpected transfer operations

Credits

Reported by dodge1218.

Risk Scores
Base Score
8.7

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability.

Threat Intelligence
6.6

Exploitation attempts have been detected. Elevated vigilance and prompt remediation are advised.

EPSS
N/A

Probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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