MCP Toolbox for Databases Allows Arbitrary File Read and Write
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
Google Cloud MCP Toolbox for Databases (googleapis/mcp-toolbox) from 1.2.0 before 1.5.0 has a path traversal flaw (CWE-22) and missing authorization in its cloud-storage source. An unauthenticated remote attacker can send crafted tool invocation parameters to copy host files to external Google Cloud Storage buckets and overwrite arbitrary local files.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
Path Traversal and Missing Authorization in cloud-storage source in Google Cloud MCP Toolbox for Databases (googleapis/mcp-toolbox) versions 1.2.0 through 1.4.0 allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to exfiltrate host files to external Google Cloud Storage buckets and overwrite arbitrary local files via crafted tool invocation parameters.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- 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
Update MCP Toolbox for Databases to version 1.5.0 or later, which fixes the issue.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
- Fix · CNA MCP Toolbox for Databases (googleapis/mcp-toolbox) (Google Cloud) Fixed in 1.5.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-26 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-93328
- 2026-10-26 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-27 Alias added: GHSA-2gc9-c85v-5vwr
References
More Google vulnerabilities
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- TI-2024-07390 Type confusion in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
- TI-2024-04898 Type confusion in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
- TI-2024-04600 Type confusion in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
- TI-2024-04346 Use after free in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
- TI-2023-05824 Integer overflow in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
Sources
- CVE-2026-93328 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-93328 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2gc9-c85v-5vwr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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