FKIE_CVE-2026-55546

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-25 16:16 - Updated: 2026-08-25 19:16
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
QWED-MCP is a deterministic verification gateway for MCP. Prior to 0.2.1, verify_math_expression() in src/qwed_mcp/engines/math_engine.py passes attacker-controlled expression and claimed_result strings directly to SymPy's parse_expr() after only normalizing caret syntax to Python exponent syntax, without restricting global_dict, removing Python built-ins, or validating the expression AST. Because parse_expr() calls Python's eval() with built-ins available, an attacker who can cause a downstream caller to pass untrusted input to this public library function can use Python import functionality to execute arbitrary operating-system commands as the qwed-mcp process user, read or modify accessible data, exfiltrate process secrets, or reach internal services. The default MCP tool registry does not expose verify_math_expression(), so exploitation requires a downstream integration that invokes the library API with attacker-controlled input. This issue is fixed in version 0.2.1.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/QWED-AI/qwed-mcp/commit/362e61892052e250c56cb1ee852024d6f98c467b
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/QWED-AI/qwed-mcp/pull/22
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/QWED-AI/qwed-mcp/releases/tag/v0.2.1
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/QWED-AI/qwed-mcp/security/advisories/GHSA-mw6r-2hvm-4rp2
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://github.com/QWED-AI/qwed-mcp/security/advisories/GHSA-mw6r-2hvm-4rp2
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