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CVE-2026-5833: awwaiid mcp-server-taskwarrior index.ts server.setRequestHandler command injection

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-04-09 · updated 2026-07-24
• Weakness: CWE-74

Description

A security vulnerability has been detected in awwaiid mcp-server-taskwarrior up to 1.0.1. This impacts the function server.setRequestHandler of the file index.ts. Such manipulation of the argument Identifier leads to command injection. The attack must be carried out locally. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The name of the patch is 1ee3d282debfa0a99afeb41d22c4b2fd5a3148f2. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue. The vendor was contacted early, responded in a very professional manner and quickly released a fixed version of the affected product.

Affected products

• awwaiid mcp-server-taskwarrior: 1.0.0, 1.0.1

References

• https://github.com/awwaiid/mcp-server-taskwarrior/
• https://github.com/awwaiid/mcp-server-taskwarrior/commit/1ee3d282debfa0a99afeb41d22c4b2fd5a3148f2
• https://github.com/awwaiid/mcp-server-taskwarrior/issues/8
• https://github.com/awwaiid/mcp-server-taskwarrior/issues/8#issuecomment-4139402095
• https://github.com/user-attachments/files/25923228/mcp-server-taskwarrior_bug.pdf
• https://vuldb.com/submit/789810
• https://vuldb.com/vuln/356289
• https://vuldb.com/vuln/356289/cti

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