CVE-2026-88938: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in knowns-dev knowns
knowns through 0.33.0 fails to confine the path argument of the code.find MCP tool to the project root, allowing AI agent sessions to read source files anywhere on the host. Attackers can supply absolute paths or relative traversal sequences to the path argument and retrieve full file contents from outside the intended project directory.
CVE-2026-88938: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in knowns-dev knowns
Description
knowns through 0.33.0 fails to confine the path argument of the code.find MCP tool to the project root, allowing AI agent sessions to read source files anywhere on the host. Attackers can supply absolute paths or relative traversal sequences to the path argument and retrieve full file contents from outside the intended project directory.
CVSS v4.0
Score 7.1high
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- VulnCheck
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-10T14:55:24.623Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6aa2d18f8744ddd5a6dabc3e
Added to database: 09/10/2026, 15:49:35 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 15:51:06 UTC
Views: 3
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