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SCA: security update for @sunwood-ai-labs/github-kanban-mcp-server (GHSA-6jx8-rcjx-vmwf)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 446595

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - GitHub Kanban MCP Server is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for managing GitHub issues in Kanban
 board format and streamlining LLM task management. Version 0.3.0 of the MCP Server is written in a way
 that is vulnerable to command injection vulnerability attacks as part of some of its MCP Server tool
 definition and implementation. The MCP Server exposes the tool `add_comment` which relies on Node.js child
 process API `exec` to execute the GitHub (`gh`) command, is an unsafe and vulnerable API if concatenated
 with untrusted user input. As of time of publication, no known patches are available. (CVE-2025-53818)

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6jx8-rcjx-vmwf

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 446595

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/31/2026

Updated: 8/31/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.6

Percentile: 98.48

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-53818

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/14/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-53818

cwe: CWE-78