CVE-2026-54561: mcp-memory-keeper: Arbitrary local file read in context_import via unvalidated filePath
context_import passed the caller-supplied filePath directly to fs.readFileSync with no path confinement. A malicious MCP client — or an LLM agent that is prompt-injected into calling the tool — could point filePath at any file readable by the server process, outside any session or export directory:
- Full disclosure (JSON files): a valid-JSON target (e.g. another user’s exported session, or a
*.jsoncredential / service-account file) is parsed and imported into the caller’s session, then retrievable verbatim viacontext_get/context_export. - Partial disclosure (any file): for a non-JSON target (e.g.
/etc/passwd, an SSH key, a.env),JSON.parsethrows and V8 includes a snippet of the file’s leading bytes in theSyntaxErrormessage, which was returned verbatim to the caller.
Both ../ traversal and absolute paths worked — there was no path confinement of any kind.
In a typical MCP deployment the server runs on the developer’s machine, so the reachable set includes other users’ exported memory sessions, JSON credential/config files, and (in leading-bytes form) .env files, SSH keys, and /etc/passwd. The trigger is a tool argument, so the realistic threat model is an LLM agent prompt-injected into calling context_import, or any MCP client connected to the server.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-f7wf-v2vw-mpcx
- github.com/mkreyman/mcp-memory-keeper/commit/84f6dfa692736a34ff36e2d2cf2188b71facf73b
- github.com/mkreyman/mcp-memory-keeper/issues/35
- github.com/mkreyman/mcp-memory-keeper/pull/36
- github.com/mkreyman/mcp-memory-keeper/releases/tag/v0.13.0
- github.com/mkreyman/mcp-memory-keeper/security/advisories/GHSA-f7wf-v2vw-mpcx
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-54561
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