CVE-2026-39884

HIGH

MCP Server Kubernetes has Argument Injection in its port_forward tool via space-splitting

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

mcp-server-kubernetes is a Model Context Protocol server for Kubernetes cluster management. Versions 3.4.0 and prior contain an argument injection vulnerability in the port_forward tool in src/tools/port_forward.ts, where a kubectl command is constructed via string concatenation with user-controlled input and then naively split on spaces before being passed to spawn(). Unlike all other tools in the codebase which correctly use array-based argument passing with execFileSync(), port_forward treats every space in user-controlled fields (namespace, resourceType, resourceName, localPort, targetPort) as an argument boundary, allowing an attacker to inject arbitrary kubectl flags. This enables exposure of internal Kubernetes services to the network by injecting --address=0.0.0.0, cross-namespace targeting by injecting additional -n flags, and indirect exploitation via prompt injection against AI agents connected to the MCP server. This issue has been fixed in version 3.5.0.

Scores

CVSS v3 8.3
EPSS 0.0004
EPSS Percentile 11.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-88
Status published
Products (3)
Flux159/mcp-server-kubernetes < 3.5.0
npm/mcp-server-kubernetes 0 - 3.5.0npm
suyogs/mcp-server-kubernetes < 3.5.0
Published Apr 15, 2026
Tracked Since Apr 15, 2026