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CVE-2025-53818: Sunwood-ai-labs github-kanban-mcp-server · OS Command Injection

Affects Sunwood-ai-labs github-kanban-mcp-serverSource CVE Database V5

0

Public exploit available · CVSS 8.9 High.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 17:16 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
8.9High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 71% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 14 Jul 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: evidence found.

    CVSS exploit maturity: proof of concept public

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), CVSS vector, the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
GitHubsunwood-ai-labs/github-kanban-mcp-serverpkg:github/sunwood-ai-labs/github-kanban-mcp-serverOther threatsAffected
  • =0.3.0
Fixed in–

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AI-suggested

Given the absence of official patches, European organizations should implement immediate compensating controls. First, restrict network access to the MCP Server, limiting it to trusted internal users and systems via firewall rules or VPNs. Second, implement strict input validation and sanitization at the application layer, especially for any user inputs passed to the 'add_comment' tool or similar functionalities. Where possible, replace usage of Node.js 'exec' with safer alternatives such as 'execFile' or spawn child processes with argument arrays to avoid shell interpretation. Third, monitor logs for suspicious command execution patterns or unexpected process spawning. Fourth, consider isolating the MCP Server in a hardened container or sandbox environment with minimal privileges to limit the impact of potential exploitation. Fifth, maintain up-to-date backups of critical data and configurations to enable recovery in case of compromise. Finally, stay alert for vendor updates or community patches addressing this vulnerability and plan for prompt application once available.

Description

GitHub Kanban MCP Server is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for managing GitHub issues in Kanban board format and streamlining LLM task management. Version 0.3.0 of the MCP Server is written in a way that is vulnerable to command injection vulnerability attacks as part of some of its MCP Server tool definition and implementation. The MCP Server exposes the tool `add_comment` which relies on Node.js child process API `exec` to execute the GitHub (`gh`) command, is an unsafe and vulnerable API if concatenated with untrusted user input. As of time of publication, no known patches are available.

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