CVE-2026-117569
Received
Received - Intake
Kali-GPT OS Command Injection via Unsanitized Scanner Parameters
Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-117569, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.
Publication date: 2026-10-27
Last updated on: 2026-10-27
Assigner: VulnCheck
Description
Description
Kali-GPT through commit a608c74 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in execute_tool() in kali_gpt/tools/mcp_server.py that allows MCP clients to run commands via unsanitized scanner parameters. Attackers or prompt-injected agents can embed shell metacharacters in parameters like target, ports, domain, wordlist, or url, executed via subprocess.run with shell=True as the MCP server user.
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| alishahid74 | kali-gpt | 0 |
Helpful Resources
Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-78 | The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. |
