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CVE-2026-39884

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Published: Apr 15, 2026Modified: Jun 17, 2026

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8.1
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 5.2
Source: NVD

Description

mcp-server-kubernetes is a Model Context Protocol server for Kubernetes cluster management. Versions 3.4.0 and prior contain an argument injection vulnerability in the port_forward tool in src/tools/port_forward.ts, where a kubectl command is constructed via string concatenation with user-controlled input and then naively split on spaces before being passed to spawn(). Unlike all other tools in the codebase which correctly use array-based argument passing with execFileSync(), port_forward treats every space in user-controlled fields (namespace, resourceType, resourceName, localPort, targetPort) as an argument boundary, allowing an attacker to inject arbitrary kubectl flags. This enables exposure of internal Kubernetes services to the network by injecting --address=0.0.0.0, cross-namespace targeting by injecting additional -n flags, and indirect exploitation via prompt injection against AI agents connected to the MCP server. This issue has been fixed in version 3.5.0.

Affected (1)

1 product
Mcp Server Kubernetes
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Before 3.5.0

References (3)

Source: security-advisories@github.com
ProductRelease Notes
Source: security-advisories@github.com
MitigationVendor Advisory
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
MitigationVendor Advisory

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