Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V5 - File Handling Path canonicalization, traversal prevention
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Discovery, Collection The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Sep 15, 2026
The MCPVault npm package (a lightweight Model Context Protocol server that gives AI agents access to an Obsidian vault) anchored its restricted-directory deny-list to the vault root in versions before 0.11.5, so nested .git, .obsidian and node_modules directories silently pass both isAllowed() and isAllowedForListing(). An attacker who influences which path an AI agent reads — typically through prompt injection in content the agent ingests — can cause nested .git/config files (remote URLs, embedded tokens) or nested Obsidian metadata to be read, and can pollute the listAllTags index with nested node_modules content. No public exploit code or CISA KEV entry was identified at the time of analysis; the vendor shipped the fix in 0.11.5.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Affects 2 packages in npm, euvd
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Severity by source
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Primary rating from Vendor (GitHub_M) · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorVendor: GitHub_M
DescriptionCVE.org
MCPVault is a lightweight Model Context Protocol server for safe access to files in an Obsidian vault. Prior to 0.11.5, PathFilter in src/pathfilter.ts uses root-anchored deny-list patterns, so nested .git, .obsidian, and node_modules path segments do not match the restriction and pass both isAllowed() and isAllowedForListing(). An attacker who influences a path selected by an AI agent can traverse nested repository or Obsidian metadata, read remote URLs or embedded tokens, or cause nested node_modules content to pollute the listAllTags index. This issue is fixed in version 0.11.5.
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
Path traversal exploits occur when applications use user-controlled input to construct file system paths without proper validation.
EUVD-2026-79126
GHSA-9c83-rr99-vfwj
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