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CVE-2026-90617 in PentestAgent

VulDB entry for CVE-2026-90617, a remote OS command injection (CWE-78) in GH05TCREW PentestAgent. The flaw is in run_task in interface/main.py of the MCP HTTP Server, affects everything up to commit cf882dab, and has a public exploit. The product uses rolling releases, so no version ranges exist, and the fix is an unmerged pull request. The analysis suggests compensating controls: restrict network access to the MCP server, run with least privilege, and validate input upstream.

TL;DR Remote OS command injection in PentestAgent's MCP HTTP Server run_task (CVE-2026-90617), public exploit, fix PR not yet merged.

Organisations named here

  • CWE-78
  • GH05TCREW

CVEs named here

  • CVE-2026-90617

Technologies named here

  • PentestAgent
  • Model Context Protocol