CVE-2026-81486 (GCVE-0-2026-81486)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-27 01:30
Modified
2026-08-27 14:42
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RC:R
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RC:R
CWE
Summary
A vulnerability was detected in bsmi021 mcp-file-context-server 1.0.0. Affected by this issue is the function read_context of the file src/index.ts of the component Path Resolution. Performing a manipulation of the argument path results in path traversal. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit is now public and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
bsmi021 mcp-file-context-server Version: 1.0.0
    cpe:2.3:a:bsmi021:mcp-file-context-server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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