Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection') Affecting mcp-server-taskwarrior package, versions *
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- published5 May 2026
- disclosed9 Apr 2026
- creditawwaiid
Introduced: 9 Apr 2026
CVE-2026-5833 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.
Overview
mcp-server-taskwarrior is a MCP server for taskwarrior
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection') via the server.setRequestHandler function. An attacker can execute arbitrary commands by supplying crafted input to the Identifier argument.