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maboloshi/github-chinese PR #692 fixed DOM XSS in translation results
vulnerability8 min read

maboloshi/github-chinese PR #692 fixed DOM XSS in translation results

maboloshi/github-chinese inserted third-party translation API responses into GitHub pages as HTML. PR #692 changes that untrusted response handling to text nodes.

RAGFlow PR #14803 removed a CWE-502 pickle RCE footgun from deserialize_b64
vulnerability7 min read

RAGFlow PR #14803 removed a CWE-502 pickle RCE footgun from deserialize_b64

getsentry/XcodeBuildMCP PR #289 hardens shell escaping in MCP tool execution
vulnerability9 min read

getsentry/XcodeBuildMCP PR #289 hardens shell escaping in MCP tool execution

AReaL PR #1323 refuses the default admin API key on network-facing proxy binds
vulnerability9 min read

AReaL PR #1323 refuses the default admin API key on network-facing proxy binds

AReaL's proxy rollout server used a public default admin API key while binding to a network interface by default. PR #1323 turns that insecure default into a startup failure.

Harbor PR #236 blocks CWE-78 in remote profile downloads
vulnerability7 min read

Harbor PR #236 blocks CWE-78 in remote profile downloads

Softeria ms-365-mcp-server PR #456 validates redirect_uri before Microsoft Entra forwarding
vulnerability7 min read

Softeria ms-365-mcp-server PR #456 validates redirect_uri before Microsoft Entra forwarding

CodeGraphContext PR #882 rejects write Cypher on /api/graph
vulnerability7 min read

CodeGraphContext PR #882 rejects write Cypher on /api/graph

CodeGraphContext's visualisation endpoint accepted arbitrary Cypher through /api/graph and passed it directly to Neo4j. PR #882 adds the missing read-only guard.

Koodo Reader PR #1598 replaced wildcard CORS with an ALLOWED_ORIGINS allowlist
vulnerability8 min read

Koodo Reader PR #1598 replaced wildcard CORS with an ALLOWED_ORIGINS allowlist

vulnerability7 min read

checkcle PR #224 moved PocketBase JWTs out of localStorage

mcp-searxng PR #71 fixed a CWE-1333 ReDoS in section extraction
vulnerability7 min read

mcp-searxng PR #71 fixed a CWE-1333 ReDoS in section extraction

mcp-searxng interpolated the user-controlled section parameter into a dynamically built regular expression, allowing a malicious MCP client to block the Node.js event loop.

NVIDIA's RAG Blueprint had a path traversal in its MCP server. We got the fix merged in three days.
vulnerability6 min read

NVIDIA's RAG Blueprint had a path traversal in its MCP server. We got the fix merged in three days.

full-stack-ai-agent-template's webhook service had a full read SSRF with response exfiltration
vulnerability8 min read

full-stack-ai-agent-template's webhook service had a full read SSRF with response exfiltration

Edict's file:// handler let anyone read files outside the project directory (CWE-22)
vulnerability5 min read

Edict's file:// handler let anyone read files outside the project directory (CWE-22)

The add_remote_skill endpoint in cft0808/edict applied path traversal protection to local and relative paths but skipped the file:// branch entirely. One .resolve() and an allowed_roots check closed the gap.

AIPex's localhost daemon let any website control your browser through a WebSocket
vulnerability5 min read

AIPex's localhost daemon let any website control your browser through a WebSocket

Every MCPHub instance started with the same admin password. I changed that.
vulnerability7 min read

Every MCPHub instance started with the same admin password. I changed that.