RCE in Sunwood-Ai-Labs Github-Kanban-Mcp-Server

CVE-2025-53818

GitHub Kanban MCP Server is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for managing GitHub issues in Kanban board format and streamlining LLM task management. Version 0.3.0 of the MCP Server is written in a way that is vulnerable to command injection vulnerability attacks as part of some of its MCP Server tool definition and implementation. The MCP Server exposes the tool `add_comment` which relies on Node.js child process API `exec` to execute the GitHub (`gh`) command, is an unsafe and vulnerable API if concatenated with untrusted user input. As of time of publication, no known patches are available.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.013 (67.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-53818?
CVE-2025-53818 is a vulnerability in Sunwood-Ai-Labs Github-Kanban-Mcp-Server, classified under OS Command Injection. Published 2025-07-14.
Is CVE-2025-53818 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.