CVE-2025-53818
Description
GitHub Kanban MCP Server is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for managing GitHub issues in Kanban board format and streamlining LLM task management. Version 0.3.0 of the MCP Server is written in a way that is vulnerable to command injection vulnerability attacks as part of some of its MCP Server tool definition and implementation. The MCP Server exposes the tool add_comment which relies on Node.js child process API exec to execute the GitHub (gh) command, is an unsafe and vulnerable API if concatenated with untrusted user input. As of time of publication, no known patches are available.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
@sunwood-ai-labs/github-kanban-mcp-servernpm | <= 0.3.0 | — |
Affected products
2- Range: v0.0.0, v0.1.1, v0.2.0, …
Patches
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References
6- github.com/advisories/GHSA-6jx8-rcjx-vmwfghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53818ghsaADVISORY
- github.com/Sunwood-ai-labs/github-kanban-mcp-server/blob/main/src/handlers/comment-handlers.tsnvdWEB
- github.com/Sunwood-ai-labs/github-kanban-mcp-server/blob/main/src/handlers/tool-handlers.tsnvdWEB
- github.com/Sunwood-ai-labs/github-kanban-mcp-server/blob/v0.4.0/src/handlers/comment-handlers.tsnvdWEB
- github.com/Sunwood-ai-labs/github-kanban-mcp-server/security/advisories/GHSA-6jx8-rcjx-vmwfnvdWEB
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