Authorization ordering flaw in SimpleChat allows OS command injection
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution, Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-78 and CWE-863.
Summary
SimpleChat versions 0.261.003 and 0.261.027 contain an authorization ordering flaw in POST /api/user/plugins, where a type check is skipped before a stored plugin is restored, which leads to OS command injection (CWE-78). An authenticated low-privileged user can store a personal action that starts an attacker-selected operating-system process under the application service identity when the action's tool is invoked. Exploitation requires personal plugins to be enabled and governance to permit MCP actions. The attacker can expose or modify secrets and data available to the service or disrupt the service.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
SimpleChat is a secure AI conversation application with personal and group workspaces for document-grounded interactions. In versions 0.261.003 and 0.261.027, an authorization ordering flaw in POST /api/user/plugins allows an authenticated low-privileged user to omit the top-level MCP type so that _reject_non_admin_mcp_stdio skips inspection before the type is restored from metadata. The stored personal action can then reach McpPluginFactory.create_connector, and MCPStdioPlugin.connect starts the attacker-selected operating-system process under the application service identity when the action tool is invoked. Exploitation requires personal plugins to be enabled and governance to permit MCP actions, and it can expose or modify secrets and data available to the service or disrupt the service. This issue is fixed in version 0.261.031.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- 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
Remediation
Upgrade SimpleChat to version 0.261.031, which fixes the issue.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
- Fix · CNA simplechat (microsoft) Fixed in 0.261.031
Timeline
- 2026-10-06 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-105797
- 2026-10-06 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-06 Priority changed: MEDIUM → HIGH
References
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Sources
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