An issue in geelen mcp-remote 0.1.16 through 0.1.38 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the src/lib/utils.ts and the getS…

cve CVE-2026-51996 2 sources, 3 claims · Watch

NVD writes:
An issue in geelen mcp-remote 0.1.16 through 0.1.38 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the src/lib/utils.ts and the getServerUrlHash function the claim
Severity they disagree
critical, unknown GitHub advisories
CRITICAL NVD
CVSS
9.8 GitHub advisories
9.8 NVD
Vendor
n/a NVD
Product
n/a NVD
CWE
CWE-94 GitHub advisories
CWE-328 NVD

How far exploitation has got

  1. No public code known
  2. Proof of concept
  3. Proof of concept, verified
  4. A Metasploit module
  5. Exploited in the wild
  6. Used in ransomware campaigns

Timeline

2026-09-24first spoke of it: An issue in geelen mcp-remote 0.1.16 through 0.1.38 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary...GitHub advisories
2026-09-24first spoke of it: An issue in geelen mcp-remote 0.1.16 through 0.1.38 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the src/lib/utils.ts and the getServerUrlHash functionNVD

An issue in geelen mcp-remote 0.1.16 through 0.1.38 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the src/lib/utils.ts and the getServerUrlHash function

What it is to other things

In words only, so not counted until a person confirms one:

affectsn_a/n_a
NVD says “n/a · n/a”
made_byn_a
NVD says “n/a”
Every value, with what each source said and its receipt
PropertySourceSaidMeans here
Automatable
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NVDyes
An attacker can reliably run all of the kill chain's first four steps without a person.
receipt
Source
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Said since
2026-10-06 12:31 UTC
Last answered
2026-10-06 12:41 UTC
Original
open at the source
2026-10-06 12:31 UTCyes
2026-09-29 09:39 UTC—
What the source handed over
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2026-10-06 12:31 UTCnone
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vulnerability

An issue in geelen mcp-remote 0.1.16 through 0.1.38 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the src/lib/utils.ts and the getServerUrlHash function
zetlyn/cve-nvd · 2026-09-24
automatable yes cvss 9.8 cvss_vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H cwe CWE-328 exploitation none product n/a severity CRITICAL status Deferred technical_impact total vendor n/a source
An issue in geelen mcp-remote 0.1.16 through 0.1.38 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary...
zetlyn/cve-ghsa · 2026-09-24
severity unknown source
An issue in geelen mcp-remote 0.1.16 through 0.1.38 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary...
zetlyn/cve-ghsa · 2026-09-24
cvss 9.8 cwe CWE-94 severity critical source