CVE-2026-49471 PUBLISHED

Serena: Unauthenticated Flask dashboard on fixed port enables DNS rebinding → memory poisoning → RCE

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 30.05.2026 Published: 07.07.2026 Updated: 07.07.2026

Serena is a powerful MCP toolkit for coding that provides semantic retrieval and editing capabilities. Prior to v1.5.2, Serena's built-in web dashboard exposes an unauthenticated Flask API on a fixed, predictable port, with no authentication, no CSRF protection, and no Host header validation. A DNS rebinding attack allows a malicious webpage to reach this API from any browser and write arbitrary content to the agent's persistent memory store, which the agent reads and acts on autonomously. Combined with execute_shell_command using shell=True, this creates a remote code execution chain requiring only that the victim visit a malicious webpage while Serena is running. This issue is fixed in version v1.5.2.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 8.3

Product Status

Vendor oraios
Product serena
Versions
  • Version < 1.5.2 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function CWE
  • CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) CWE