CVSS 4.0
7.1 highCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NCVE-2026-88938
High (7.1). EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
knowns through 0.33.0 fails to confine the path argument of the code.find MCP tool to the project root, allowing AI agent sessions to read source files anywhere on the host. Attackers can supply absolute paths or relative traversal sequences to the path argument and retrieve full file contents from outside the intended project directory.
Severity
CVSS 3.1
6.5 mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N- EPSS
- 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 41% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-22
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
References
- https://github.com/knowns-dev/knowns/blob/v0.33.0/internal/mcp/handlers/code.go#L1293-L1354
- https://github.com/knowns-dev/knowns/blob/v0.33.0/internal/mcp/handlers/code.go#L873-L902
- https://github.com/knowns-dev/knowns/security/advisories/GHSA-5cj9-fcqq-g2h7
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/knowns-through-0.33.0-path-traversal-via-code-find-mcp-tool
- https://github.com/knowns-dev/knowns/security/advisories/GHSA-5cj9-fcqq-g2h7