What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-53098?

CVE-2025-53098 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.1 (High). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.1%.

Which versions of Roo Code are affected by CVE-2025-53098?

Organizations using Roo Code face notable risk from CVE-2025-53098, a command injection vulnerability rated CVSS 8.1.. A patch is available.

How to fix or mitigate CVE-2025-53098?

Within 7 days: Identify all affected systems and apply vendor patches promptly. Validate that input sanitization is in place for all user-controlled parameters.

Roo Code CVE-2025-53098

EUVD-2025-19433 HIGH

Command Injection (CWE-77)

2025-06-27 security-advisories@github.com

Command Injection Roo Code Roocode

8.1

CVSS 3.1 · GitHub Advisory

Severity by source

GitHub Advisory PRIMARY

8.1 HIGH

AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Primary rating from GitHub Advisory · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorGitHub Advisory

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

EUVD ID Assigned

Mar 16, 2026 - 00:16 euvd

EUVD-2025-19433

Analysis Generated

Mar 16, 2026 - 00:16 vuln.today

Patch released

Mar 16, 2026 - 00:16 nvd

Patch available

CVE Published

Jun 27, 2025 - 22:15 nvd

HIGH 8.1

DescriptionGitHub Advisory

Roo Code is an AI-powered autonomous coding agent. The project-specific MCP configuration for the Roo Code agent is stored in the .roo/mcp.json file within the VS Code workspace. Because the MCP configuration format allows for execution of arbitrary commands, prior to version 3.20.3, it would have been possible for an attacker with access to craft a prompt to ask the agent to write a malicious command to the MCP configuration file. If the user had opted-in to auto-approving file writes within the project, this would have led to arbitrary command execution. This issue is of moderate severity, since it requires the attacker to already be able to submit prompts to the agent (for instance through a prompt injection attack), for the user to have MCP enabled (on by default), and for the user to have enabled auto-approved file writes (off by default). Version 3.20.3 fixes the issue by adding an additional layer of opt-in configuration for auto-approving writing to Roo's configuration files, including all files within the .roo/ folder.

Analysis

Technical ContextAI

Command injection allows an attacker to execute arbitrary OS commands on the host system through a vulnerable application that passes user input to system shells.

RemediationAI

A vendor patch is available — apply it immediately. Avoid passing user input to system commands. Use language-specific APIs instead of shell commands. If unavoidable, use strict input validation and escaping.