A security flaw has been discovered in mcollina mcp-ripgrep up to 0.4.0. Affected is an unknown function of the file src/index.ts of the component Advanced Search Tool. The manipulation of the argument fileType results in os command injection. The attack requires a local approach. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. The code's own escapeShellArg on sibling arguments (skipped only for fileType) indicates that this is a CWE-78 oversight, not a documented design. The project maintainer cites the documentation: "This MCP server executes shell commands using the ripgrep tool. While efforts have been made to safely escape arguments, use caution when providing input, as it runs commands on your machine."
Fix
Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.
Change history 5
- StatusPublished → DeferredNVD modified 2026-10-20 19:27
- StatusReceived → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-20 13:45
- StatusPublished → ReceivedNVD modified 2026-10-20 14:16
- StatusReceived → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-20 09:30
- First seenCVSS 1.9NVD modified 2026-10-20 10:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 0
NVD has not attached CPE configurations yet.