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High severity8.3NVD Advisory· Published Apr 15, 2026· Updated Apr 23, 2026

CVE-2026-39884

CVE-2026-39884

Description

mcp-server-kubernetes is a Model Context Protocol server for Kubernetes cluster management. Versions 3.4.0 and prior contain an argument injection vulnerability in the port_forward tool in src/tools/port_forward.ts, where a kubectl command is constructed via string concatenation with user-controlled input and then naively split on spaces before being passed to spawn(). Unlike all other tools in the codebase which correctly use array-based argument passing with execFileSync(), port_forward treats every space in user-controlled fields (namespace, resourceType, resourceName, localPort, targetPort) as an argument boundary, allowing an attacker to inject arbitrary kubectl flags. This enables exposure of internal Kubernetes services to the network by injecting --address=0.0.0.0, cross-namespace targeting by injecting additional -n flags, and indirect exploitation via prompt injection against AI agents connected to the MCP server. This issue has been fixed in version 3.5.0.

Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
mcp-server-kubernetesnpm
< 3.5.03.5.0

Affected products

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Patches

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Vulnerability mechanics

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