CVE-2026-84201 PUBLISHED

appium-mcp-server through 0.1.61 Path Traversal in write_file and write_files_batch

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 01.09.2026 Published: 01.09.2026 Updated: 01.09.2026

appium-mcp-server through 0.1.61 fails to validate or normalize file paths in the write_file and write_files_batch tools, allowing attackers to write files outside the intended PROJECT_ROOT directory. Attackers can supply absolute paths or relative paths with parent directory segments to overwrite arbitrary files with the server user's privileges, including shell profiles and configuration files in the home directory.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 6.9

Product Status

Vendor argneshu
Product appium-mcp-server
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 0.1.61 (incl.)

Credits

  • mil4n finder

References

Problem Types

  • Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') CWE