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1 vulnerability found for qwed-mcp by QWED-AI

CVE-2026-55546 (GCVE-0-2026-55546)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-25 15:25
Modified
2026-08-25 18:26
Severity ?
CWE
  • CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Summary
QWED-MCP is a deterministic verification gateway for MCP. Prior to 0.2.1, verify_math_expression() in src/qwed_mcp/engines/math_engine.py passes attacker-controlled expression and claimed_result strings directly to SymPy's parse_expr() after only normalizing caret syntax to Python exponent syntax, without restricting global_dict, removing Python built-ins, or validating the expression AST. Because parse_expr() calls Python's eval() with built-ins available, an attacker who can cause a downstream caller to pass untrusted input to this public library function can use Python import functionality to execute arbitrary operating-system commands as the qwed-mcp process user, read or modify accessible data, exfiltrate process secrets, or reach internal services. The default MCP tool registry does not expose verify_math_expression(), so exploitation requires a downstream integration that invokes the library API with attacker-controlled input. This issue is fixed in version 0.2.1.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
QWED-AI qwed-mcp Version: < 0.2.1
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