{"id":86597,"date":"2026-03-03T12:33:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T12:33:37","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T06:00:00","slug":"cve-2025-53372-command-injection-vulnerability-in-node-code-sandbox-mcp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53372-command-injection-vulnerability-in-node-code-sandbox-mcp\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-53372: Command Injection Vulnerability in node-code-sandbox-mcp<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The CVE-2025-53372 vulnerability refers to a critical flaw found in the node-code-sandbox-mcp, a Node.js-based Model Context Protocol server. This vulnerability, if successfully exploited, can lead to remote code execution, compromising the host system and potentially leading to data leakage. This vulnerability affects all versions of node-code-sandbox-mcp prior to 1.3.0.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-53372<br \/>\nSeverity: High, CVSS: 7.5<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: Remote Code Execution, Potential System Compromise, and Data Leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1005897134\" 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>node-code-sandbox-mcp | < 1.3.0\n\n<strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability exists due to the unsanitized use of input parameters within a call to child_process.execSync. This allows an attacker to inject arbitrary system commands. Successful exploitation can lead to remote code execution under the server process&#8217;s privileges on the host machine, bypassing the sandbox protection of running code inside docker.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a conceptual example of how an attacker might exploit this vulnerability:<\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2851113471\" 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<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">\/\/ Attacker uses unsanitized input to pass malicious command\nvar payload = &quot;`touch \/tmp\/arbitrary-file`&quot;;\n\/\/ The unsanitized input is passed to child_process.execSync\nrequire(&#039;child_process&#039;).execSync(payload);<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, if the payload is executed, an arbitrary file would be created in the \/tmp directory, demonstrating the ability to execute arbitrary commands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The CVE-2025-53372 vulnerability refers to a critical flaw found in the node-code-sandbox-mcp, a Node.js-based Model Context Protocol server. This vulnerability, if successfully exploited, can lead to remote code execution, compromising the host system and potentially leading to data leakage. This vulnerability affects all versions of node-code-sandbox-mcp prior to 1.3.0. 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