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TI-2026-40101 Aliases CVE-2026-55557GHSA-m9mq-7m7q-xc6p

browse-mcp: Arbitrary file write via unconfined download and state paths

Priority LOW 39CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

browse-mcp is a Playwright-based headless-browser MCP server for MCP-capable agents. Prior to 0.8.2, browser_download writes a fetched response body to join(save_dir, filename) without validating the caller-controlled save_dir, while browser_save_state and browser_load_state honor a caller-controlled path unchanged. A malicious MCP client, or an autonomous agent steered by indirect prompt injection on a visited page, can choose an arbitrary save_dir or state path and a URL whose response body becomes attacker-controlled file contents, allowing writes to any path the process can reach, including ~/.bashrc, autostart entries, or cron files, and potentially leading to host code execution. The force_fetch fallback also uses a raw fetch() that bypasses the BROWSE_MCP_ALLOWED_ORIGINS origin fence. This issue is fixed in version 0.8.2.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00238 14th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed browse-mcp (That1Drifter): 0.8.2browse-mcp (npm): 0.8.2

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
That1Drifterbrowse-mcpbefore 0.8.20.8.2Patch availableCNA
—browse-mcp (npm)before 0.8.20.8.2Patch availableGHSA-m9mq-7m7q-xc6p
  • browse-mcp VendorThat1Drifter Affected before 0.8.2 Fixed in 0.8.2 Patch available CNA
  • browse-mcp (npm) Vendor— Affected before 0.8.2 Fixed in 0.8.2 Patch available GHSA-m9mq-7m7q-xc6p

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA browse-mcp (That1Drifter) Fixed in 0.8.2
  • Fix · GHSA-m9mq-7m7q-xc6p browse-mcp (npm) Fixed in 0.8.2 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-55557
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m9mq-7m7q-xc6p

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