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FastMCP vulnerable to windows command injection in FastMCP Cursor installer via server_name

Type: advisorySources: OSV

FastMCP is the standard framework for building MCP applications. Versions prior to 2.13.0, a command-injection vulnerability lets any attacker who can influence the server_name field of an MCP execute arbitrary OS commands on Windows hosts that run fastmcp install cursor. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.13.0.

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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2025-62801
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7 Nov 2026, 04:34 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

FastMCP vulnerable to windows command injection in FastMCP Cursor installer via server_name

core-osv · Original source

Published 28 Oct 2025, 21:36 UTC

FastMCP is the standard framework for building MCP applications. Versions prior to 2.13.0, a command-injection vulnerability lets any attacker who can influence the server_name field of an MCP execute arbitrary OS commands on Windows hosts that run fastmcp install cursor. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.13.0.

osv:CVE-2025-62801
Complete source record
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