CVE-2026-117568
mcp-ffmpeg through 1.0.5 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows attackers to…
- Risk score
- 42/100
- CVSS
- 7.0 v3.1
- Published
- 27 Oct 2026
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What to know
- What it is
- mcp-ffmpeg through 1.0.5 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows attackers to run shell commands by supplying crafted videoPath or outputDir values to the resize-video, extract-audio and get-video-info tools. Attackers can embed $(), backticks or a closing double quote in an existing file or directo…
- Affected
- See advisory
- Fix
- Apply the vendor's security update; see the linked advisory.
- Exploitation
- No known exploitation
Why it is Yellow
- CVSS 7.0 high
References
- https://github.com/bitscorp-mcp/mcp-ffmpeg
- https://github.com/bitscorp-mcp/mcp-ffmpeg/blob/2ec04e44850cc5ee5354c40643be8bc91c218654/src/mcp-ffmpeg.ts#L184
- https://github.com/bitscorp-mcp/mcp-ffmpeg/issues/8
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/mcp-ffmpeg-through-1.0.5-os-command-injection-via-videopath-and-outputdir
Original description
mcp-ffmpeg through 1.0.5 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows attackers to run shell commands by supplying crafted videoPath or outputDir values to the resize-video, extract-audio and get-video-info tools. Attackers can embed $(), backticks or a closing double quote in an existing file or directory name to break out of the child_process.exec command string and execute commands as the MCP server user.
Last activity 27 Oct 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.