CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-117570

MediumCVSS 5.2
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.24%

15th percentile - higher than 15% of all known CVEs

Summary

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.

Risk Assessment

This can run intrusive, brute-force, exploit, or denial-of-service scripts against scan targets.

Recommendation

Update nmap-mcp to a patched version and restrict the ability to pass NSE script categories.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS