GHSA-m8x7-r2rg-vh5g
FastMCP has a Command Injection vulnerability - Gemini CLI
Packages
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
Server names containing shell metacharacters (e.g., `&`) can cause command injection on Windows when passed to `fastmcp install claude-code` or `fastmcp install gemini-cli`. These install paths use `subprocess.run()` with a list argument, but on Windows the target CLIs often resolve to `.cmd` wrappers that are executed through `cmd.exe`, which interprets metacharacters in the flattened command string.
PoC:
```python
from fastmcp import FastMCP
mcp = FastMCP(name="test&calc")
@mcp.tool
def roll_dice(n_dice: int) -> list[int]:
"""Roll `n_dice` 6-sided dice and return the results."""
return [random.randint(1, 6) for _ in range(n_dice)]
```
```
fastmcp install claude-code server.py # or: fastmcp install gemini-cli server.py
```
On Windows, this opens Calculator via the `&calc` in the server name.
Impact:
Arbitrary command execution with the privileges of the user running `fastmcp install`. Affects Windows hosts where the target CLI (one of claude, gemini) is installed as a `.cmd` wrapper. Does not affect macOS/Linux, and does not affect config-file-based install targets (cursor, goose, mcp-json).
Patched in #3522 by validating server names to reject shell metacharacters.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.