Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection') Affecting mcp-nmap-server package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.3% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-MCPNMAPSERVER-15440574
  • published8 Mar 2026
  • disclosed3 Mar 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 3 Mar 2026

NewCVE-2026-3484  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-74  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

mcp-nmap-server is a MCP server for performing network scanning using NMAP

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection') via the child_process.exec function in the Nmap CLI Command Handler. An attacker can execute arbitrary system commands by supplying crafted input to the command handler.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1