mcp-shell — Security Disabled by Default in Bare-Binary Deploy Path + Shell Interpreter in Secure-Mode Allowlist

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  "id": "d076a0a00aa825d092cbdd8c53da150e675e84d797ebe5e65fa27f54eaff90de",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55580",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "mcp-shell — Security Disabled by Default in Bare-Binary Deploy Path + Shell Interpreter in Secure-Mode Allowlist",
    "summary": "mcp-shell is an MCP server for running shell commands securely, auditably, and on demand. Prior to 0.6.0, config.go initializes Security.Enabled to false, and when MCP_SHELL_SEC_CONFIG_FILE is unset, main.go starts the documented bare-binary deployment without a security policy. SecurityValidator.validateCommand in security.go then short-circuits and allows every command supplied to the shell_exec MCP tool, so an LLM connected over stdio can execute unrestricted OS commands as the mcp-shell process user. The README from-source installation and MCP client configuration omit MCP_SHELL_SEC_CONFIG_FILE, making the insecure state the documented default. This issue is fixed in version 0.6.0.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2026-55580",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2026-55580",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2026-55580",
        "GHSA-f5pj-2738-996m",
        "GO-2026-6292"
      ],
      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V4",
          "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"
        }
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              "type": "GIT",
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                {
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                  "fixed": "f31377fce6ec31114e5a4398c0e5270552bce09f"
                }
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              "database_specific": {
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                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
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                      {
                        "fixed": "0.6.0"
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                    "strategy": "StringRangeExpression"
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                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
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                    "range": [
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                        "fixed": "df02c8c74044a950d5c085626da8de49c7551cd5"
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                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_TAG",
                    "original_tag": "v0.6.0"
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          ],
          "versions": [
            "v0.5.0",
            "v0.4.0",
            "v0.3.1",
            "v0.3.0",
            "v0.2.2",
            "v0.2.0",
            "v0.1.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-55580.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:27.665150978Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/sonirico/mcp-shell/releases/tag/v0.6.0",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/55xxx/CVE-2026-55580.json",
        "https://github.com/sonirico/mcp-shell/security/advisories/GHSA-f5pj-2738-996m",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55580",
        "https://github.com/sonirico/mcp-shell/commit/f31377fce6ec31114e5a4398c0e5270552bce09f",
        "https://github.com/sonirico/mcp-shell/pull/16"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
          "CWE-78"
        ],
        "cna_assigner": "GitHub_M",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/55xxx/CVE-2026-55580.json"
      }
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    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2026-55580",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 494328,
  "published_at": "2026-08-25T15:42:36.474+00:00"
}