Kali-GPT through commit a608c74 OS Command Injection via MCP Scanner Tool Parameters

Summary

Kali-GPT through commit a608c74 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in execute_tool() in kali_gpt/tools/mcp_server.py that allows MCP clients to run commands via unsanitized scanner parameters. Attackers or prompt-injected agents can embed shell metacharacters in parameters like target, ports, domain, wordlist, or url, executed via subprocess.run with shell=True as the MCP server user.

Remediation

1. Inventory every alishahid74 kali-gpt deployment, including staging.
2. No fixed version appears in the public sources yet. Check the references below and the vendor directly.

References

• Advisoryhttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kali-gpt-through-commit-a608c74-os-command-injection-via-mcp-scanner-tool-parameters
• Referencehttps://github.com/alishahid74/kali-gpt
• Referencehttps://github.com/alishahid74/kali-gpt/blob/a608c74e99910232dd208fee99de860458672b82/kali_gpt/tools/mcp_server.py#L229-L356
• Referencehttps://github.com/alishahid74/kali-gpt/issues/12