CVE-2026-10691: Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in wonderwhy-er DesktopCommanderMCP
CVE-2026-10691 is a medium severity vulnerability in wonderwhy-er DesktopCommanderMCP up to version 0.2.38. It involves inefficient regular expression complexity in the start_search component, specifically in the src/search-manager.ts file. This flaw can be triggered remotely by manipulating the SearchResult[] argument, potentially leading to performance degradation or denial of service. The issue is fixed in version 0.2.39.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability in wonderwhy-er DesktopCommanderMCP (versions up to 0.2.38) is caused by inefficient regular expression complexity in the start_search component's src/search-manager.ts file. An attacker can remotely manipulate the SearchResult[] argument to trigger this inefficiency, which may result in excessive resource consumption. The vulnerability has a CVSS 4.0 base score of 5.3 (medium severity) and is addressed by upgrading to version 0.2.39, where the patch identified as 4ce845f8749b6a159b57b38dcc3357f7222a8078 resolves the issue.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows remote attackers to cause inefficient regular expression processing, potentially leading to performance degradation or denial of service conditions in affected versions of DesktopCommanderMCP. There is no indication of privilege escalation, data disclosure, or code execution from the provided data.
Mitigation Recommendations
Upgrade wonderwhy-er DesktopCommanderMCP to version 0.2.39 or later, which contains the official fix for this vulnerability. No other mitigation steps are specified or required.
CVE-2026-10691: Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in wonderwhy-er DesktopCommanderMCP
Description
CVE-2026-10691 is a medium severity vulnerability in wonderwhy-er DesktopCommanderMCP up to version 0.2.38. It involves inefficient regular expression complexity in the start_search component, specifically in the src/search-manager.ts file. This flaw can be triggered remotely by manipulating the SearchResult[] argument, potentially leading to performance degradation or denial of service. The issue is fixed in version 0.2.39.
CVSS v4.0
Score 5.3medium
Affected software
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AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability in wonderwhy-er DesktopCommanderMCP (versions up to 0.2.38) is caused by inefficient regular expression complexity in the start_search component's src/search-manager.ts file. An attacker can remotely manipulate the SearchResult[] argument to trigger this inefficiency, which may result in excessive resource consumption. The vulnerability has a CVSS 4.0 base score of 5.3 (medium severity) and is addressed by upgrading to version 0.2.39, where the patch identified as 4ce845f8749b6a159b57b38dcc3357f7222a8078 resolves the issue.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows remote attackers to cause inefficient regular expression processing, potentially leading to performance degradation or denial of service conditions in affected versions of DesktopCommanderMCP. There is no indication of privilege escalation, data disclosure, or code execution from the provided data.
Mitigation Recommendations
Upgrade wonderwhy-er DesktopCommanderMCP to version 0.2.39 or later, which contains the official fix for this vulnerability. No other mitigation steps are specified or required.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- VulDB
- Date Reserved
- 2026-06-02T15:40:41.889Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a1f6f72e29bf47b501470fa
Added to database: 06/03/2026, 00:04:02 UTC
Last enriched: 07/11/2026, 09:57:48 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 19:22:57 UTC
Views: 69
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