{"id":57865,"date":"2025-07-06T17:42:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T17:42:08","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-08T12:32:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T18:32:42","slug":"cve-2025-53098-arbitrary-command-execution-in-roo-code-via-mcp-configuration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53098-arbitrary-command-execution-in-roo-code-via-mcp-configuration\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-53098: Arbitrary Command Execution in Roo Code via MCP Configuration<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We are addressing a significant vulnerability that affects Roo Code, an AI-powered autonomous coding agent. The vulnerability, officially assigned as CVE-2025-53098, has the potential to compromise the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of the system. An attacker with specific access permissions can craft a prompt that manipulates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6513-brain2-database-configuration-file-access-vulnerability-in-standard-windows-users\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"64533\">Roo Code into writing harmful commands<\/a> into a configuration file. This can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6032-unverified-tls-certificate-in-podman-machine-init-command-leads-to-potential-man-in-the-middle-attack\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"64620\">lead to the execution of arbitrary commands<\/a> that could compromise the system or lead to data leakage. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32281-high-severity-missing-authorization-vulnerability-in-focuxtheme-wpkit-for-elementor\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"65316\">severity of this vulnerability<\/a> lies in its potential for exploitation, emphasizing the need for immediate attention and mitigation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-53098<br \/>\nSeverity: Moderate (CVSS: 8.1)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Local<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3090-unauthenticated-remote-attack-leading-to-potential-data-leakage-and-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"64621\">Potential system compromise or data leakage<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2044541894\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 720px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 10px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 42px; height: 42px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    Share secrets securely\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px; color: #d1d5db;\">\r\n    Ameeba is private infrastructure for communication and sensitive work built on encrypted identity instead of exposed corporate identity systems.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 18px; color: #a1a1aa;\">\r\n    Passwords, credentials, confidential files, screenshots, internal discussions, sensitive AI context, and private coordination should not become exposed across ordinary communication platforms.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #e4e4e7;\">\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Private Spaces for organizations and teams<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, files, and notes<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Sensitive AI work and protected collaboration<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Built for information that cannot leak<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #ffffff;\">\r\n    Our mission is to secure human work alongside AI.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Download Ameeba\r\n    <\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Learn More\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>Roo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-25278-local-arbitrary-code-execution-in-openharmony-v5-0-3-and-prior-versions\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"78354\">Code | Prior<\/a> to 3.20.3<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The exploit takes advantage of the MCP (Master Control Program) configuration format&#8217;s ability to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-36038-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-ibm-websphere-application-server\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"64667\">execute arbitrary commands in Roo Code<\/a>. An attacker with certain permissions, for instance through a prompt injection attack, can craft a prompt that makes the agent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-40738-critical-arbitrary-file-write-vulnerability-in-sinec-nms\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"66584\">write a harmful command into the MCP configuration file<\/a>. If the user has enabled the auto-approving file writes within the project, this could lead to arbitrary command execution, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6435-firefox-vulnerability-leading-to-potential-system-compromise-and-data-leakage\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"65317\">compromising the system or causing data<\/a> leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-4056439638\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Below is a conceptual example of how the vulnerability might be exploited. This is a pseudocode example that illustrates the crafting of a malicious prompt:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\"># Attacker gains access to submit prompts to the agent\nattacker_access = gain_access(agent)\n# Craft a prompt that writes malicious command into the MCP configuration file\nmalicious_prompt = craft_prompt(&#039;write&#039;, &#039;.roo\/mcp.json&#039;, &#039;malicious_command&#039;)\n# Submit the crafted prompt to the agent\nsubmit_prompt(attacker_access, malicious_prompt)<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Please note that this is a simplified example and actual exploitation would likely involve more complex and specific commands, taking into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6080-unauthorized-admin-account-creation-in-wpgym-wordpress-gym-management-system-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"80591\">account the specific configuration and setup of the targeted system<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview We are addressing a significant vulnerability that affects Roo Code, an AI-powered autonomous coding agent. The vulnerability, officially assigned as CVE-2025-53098, has the potential to compromise the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of the system. An attacker with specific access permissions can craft a prompt that manipulates Roo Code into writing harmful commands into a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[80],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-57865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-rce"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57865"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73016,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57865\/revisions\/73016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57865"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=57865"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=57865"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=57865"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=57865"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=57865"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=57865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}