Kali-GPT through commit a608c74 OS Command Injection via MCP Scanner Tool Parameters

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    "title": "Kali-GPT through commit a608c74 OS Command Injection via MCP Scanner Tool Parameters",
    "summary": "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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