CVE-2026-55071 PUBLISHED

MCP-for-Stata: Stata Command Injection via Unsanitized `package` in `ado_package_install`

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 16.06.2026 Published: 21.09.2026 Updated: 21.09.2026

MCP-for-Stata is a MCP server for integrating Stata into agent loops with a safety-first design. Prior to version 1.19.0, the ado_package_install MCP tool in stata-mcp concatenates user-controlled input directly into a Stata command string without any validation or sanitization. An attacker who can invoke the MCP tool or the equivalent Python API can embed newline characters in the package argument to inject arbitrary Stata commands. Because Stata supports a shell escape command, this leads to full OS-level arbitrary command execution (RCE) under the account running the Stata-MCP server. The tool is registered in the default all profile, so no non-default configuration is required. This issue has been patched in version 1.19.0.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 8.4

Product Status

Vendor SepineTam
Product mcp-for-stata
Versions
  • Version < 1.19.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') CWE