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CVE-2026-5833 Detail

Description

A security vulnerability has been detected in awwaiid mcp-server-taskwarrior up to 1.0.1. This impacts the function server.setRequestHandler of the file index.ts. Such manipulation of the argument Identifier leads to command injection. The attack must be carried out locally. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The name of the patch is 1ee3d282debfa0a99afeb41d22c4b2fd5a3148f2. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue. The vendor was contacted early, responded in a very professional manner and quickly released a fixed version of the affected product.


Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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CNA:  VulDB
CVSS-BT 4.8 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/awwaiid/mcp-server-taskwarrior/ VulDB
https://github.com/awwaiid/mcp-server-taskwarrior/commit/1ee3d282debfa0a99afeb41d22c4b2fd5a3148f2 VulDB
https://github.com/awwaiid/mcp-server-taskwarrior/issues/8 VulDB
https://github.com/awwaiid/mcp-server-taskwarrior/issues/8#issuecomment-4139402095 VulDB
https://github.com/user-attachments/files/25923228/mcp-server-taskwarrior_bug.pdf VulDB
https://vuldb.com/submit/789810 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/vuln/356289 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/vuln/356289/cti VulDB

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection') VulDB  
CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection') VulDB  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-5833
NVD Published Date:
04/09/2026
NVD Last Modified:
04/09/2026
Source:
VulDB