CVE-2026-57860

high

Description

ForgeCode (tailcallhq/forgecode), an AI pair-programming CLI, automatically loads and executes the MCP servers defined in a repository's .mcp.json file on startup without user confirmation. A malicious repository can supply a crafted .mcp.json whose mcpServers entries specify arbitrary command and args values (for example, command: bash with args: ['-c', 'touch /tmp/pwned']). When a user runs the forge CLI inside a cloned untrusted repository, the specified commands are spawned with the invoking user's privileges, resulting in arbitrary code execution. This provides a reliable initial-access and persistence primitive against developers who evaluate untrusted repositories with ForgeCode.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/forgecode-arbitrary-code-execution-via-unvetted-mcp-json-in-untrusted-repository

https://github.com/tailcallhq/forgecode/issues/3252

https://github.com/tailcallhq/forgecode/issues/3022

https://github.com/tailcallhq/forgecode/commit/68ca3a3a26c73c38a700453d3d021b5bbdc15dbd

https://github.com/tailcallhq/forgecode

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-07-17

Updated: 2026-07-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 8.4

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

Severity: High