CVE-2026-117570

medium

Description

Vorota-ai nmap-mcp through commit 3636afa contains an improper allowlist validation vulnerability in the scan_vulnerabilities tool that lets callers run blocked NSE script categories. MCP clients or prompt-injected agents can pass categories like exploit, dos, brute, or intrusive to nmap --script, running intrusive, brute-force, exploit, or denial-of-service scripts against scan targets.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nmap-mcp-through-commit-3636afa-permissive-nse-script-allowlist-in-scan-vulnerabilities

https://github.com/Vorota-ai/nmap-mcp/issues/3

https://github.com/Vorota-ai/nmap-mcp/blob/3636afa6ad4e159c7ad07ca35ede644f37db9c5e/nmap_mcp/server.py#L440-L446

https://github.com/Vorota-ai/nmap-mcp

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-110848

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-10-27

Updated: 2026-10-27

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L

Severity: Medium

CVSS v4

Base Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:L

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00243