CVE-2026-7205
duartium papers-mcp-server main.py search_papers path traversal
Vexday Risk Score
33Attention
SSVC decision (CISA)
Attend
PoC available → attend closely
Exploit maturity
Proof of concept
Public proof of concept exists, but not yet automated.
CVSS 6.9EPSS 0.4%KEV nãoPoC públicaNuclei —Metasploit —Patch —
Lifecycle
28 Apr 2026Published on NVD
Recommendation: Plan a near-term fix — a public PoC already exists.
A vulnerability was identified in duartium papers-mcp-server 9ceb3812a6458ba7922ca24a7406f8807bc55598. Impacted is the function search_papers of the file src/main.py. Such manipulation of the argument topic leads to path traversal. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
Affected products
duartium · papers-mcp-serverpublic PoCs found — 1
cve_referencegithub.com/duartium/papers-mcp-server/issues/1unverified⚠ Public resources, to assess the exposure of systems you control or are authorized to test. Test only with authorization.