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Critical · 9.8 CVE-2026-45018 EUVD-2026-65737GHSA-w3fx-mc44-mf6jPYSEC-2026-3812

Chainlit: Command injection via MCP stdio transport allows unauthenticated remote code execution

Published Aug 25, 2026 · Updated Aug 25, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Chainlit is a Python framework for building production-ready conversational AI applications. From 2.4.0rc0 until 2.12.0, Chainlit deployments with features.mcp.enabled set to true in .chainlit/config.toml expose the POST /mcp endpoint without requiring authentication. For stdio transport, the endpoint accepts a user-controlled fullCommand string. The validate_mcp_command() function in backend/chainlit/mcp.py checks only the executable name against config.features.mcp.stdio.allowed_executables and passes unchecked arguments to StdioServerParameters in backend/chainlit/server.py. Because npx supports the -c argument, an attacker can execute arbitrary shell commands with the privileges of the Chainlit process. If allowed_executables is unset, its None default is treated as allowing every executable. This issue is fixed in version 2.12.0.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Chainlit chainlit >= 2.4.0rc0, < 2.12.0 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI chainlit >= 2.4.0rc0, < 2.12.0 2.12.0 GHSA-w3fx-mc44-mf6j

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