PYSEC-2026-1621 mcp-server-git's unrestricted git_init tool allows repository creation at arbitrary filesystem locations

In mcp-server-git versions prior to 2025.9.25, the gitinit tool accepted arbitrary filesystem paths and created Git repositories without validating the target location. Unlike other tools which required an existing repository, gitinit could operate on any directory accessible to the server proces...

Directory Traversal

mcp-server-git is vulnerable to Directory Traversal. The vulnerability is due to the gitinit tool accepting arbitrary filesystem paths and creating Git repositories without validating the target location, where an attacker can exploit this to create repositories at arbitrary locations, and...

Directory Traversal

Overview mcp-server-git is an A Model Context Protocol server providing tools to read, search, and manipulate Git repositories programmatically via LLMs Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Directory Traversal via the gitinit tool. An attacker can create repositories at arbitrary...