Automatic MCP server connections in Z.ai ZCode allow code execution
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure, Security bypass, Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200, CWE-284 and CWE-78.
Summary
Z.ai ZCode v3.11.2.6792 automatically establishes connections to MCP servers declared in a repository's workspace configuration. A flaw of the OS command injection type (CWE-78) may let an attacker run arbitrary code when a user opens a crafted repository.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
Z.ai ZCode v3.11.2.6792 was discovered to automatically establish connections with MCP servers declared inside a repository's workspace configuration, possibly allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code via opening a crafted repository.
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for Z.ai ZCode.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Timeline
- 2026-10-16 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-88755
- 2026-10-18 CVSS score added · CISA ADP
- 2026-10-18 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
- 2026-10-18 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-18 Priority changed: LOW → HIGH
- 2026-10-18 Alias added: GHSA-2vx4-m2rp-32rx
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-88755 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-88755 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2vx4-m2rp-32rx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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