CVE-2026-84201: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in argneshu appium-mcp-server
appium-mcp-server through 0.1.61 fails to validate or normalize file paths in the write_file and write_files_batch tools, allowing attackers to write files outside the intended PROJECT_ROOT directory. Attackers can supply absolute paths or relative paths with parent directory segments to overwrite arbitrary files with the server user's privileges, including shell profiles and configuration files in the home directory.
CVE-2026-84201: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in argneshu appium-mcp-server
Description
appium-mcp-server through 0.1.61 fails to validate or normalize file paths in the write_file and write_files_batch tools, allowing attackers to write files outside the intended PROJECT_ROOT directory. Attackers can supply absolute paths or relative paths with parent directory segments to overwrite arbitrary files with the server user's privileges, including shell profiles and configuration files in the home directory.
CVSS v4.0
Score 6.9medium
Affected software
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Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- VulnCheck
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-01T11:03:27.973Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a96f4d7acd9273b49e76231
Added to database: 09/01/2026, 15:52:55 UTC
Last updated: 09/02/2026, 01:14:04 UTC
Views: 9
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