Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine Affecting awslabs.dynamodb-mcp-server package, versions [,2.1.6)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-AWSLABSDYNAMODBMCPSERVER-21693688
  • published24 Oct 2026
  • disclosed4 Sept 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 4 Sep 2026

CVE-2026-85654  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1336  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade awslabs.dynamodb-mcp-server to version 2.1.6 or higher.

Overview

awslabs.dynamodb-mcp-server is a The official MCP Server for interacting with AWS DynamoDB

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine via the CDK generator process. An attacker can execute arbitrary code on the host deploying the generated application by supplying crafted table, index, or attribute names in a data model file.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1