highCVSS 7.5Vulnerability

GHSA-cc2g-gq8c-r332

### Summary Several `grok-faf-mcp` MCP tools accept a caller-controlled `path` argument and resolve it (`~` expansion + `path.resolve()`) straight into a filesystem read **without confining it to a trusted project directory**. An absolute path or `../` traversal is resolved and used as-is, so the server process can be made to read files outside the intended `.faf` project context. The only remaining limit is OS file permissions. ### Affected tools `refresh_faf`, `faf_score`, `faf_get_orchestration_policy`, `refresh_blend` (and the shared `getProjectPath()` chokepoint feeding the `.faf` tools), plus the general-purpose `faf_read` / `faf_write` file tools (denylist-only; an absolute path still reached home-directory secrets, and `faf_write` could write outside the project). `refresh_faf` echoes the file contents verbatim back to the caller as "fresh DNA"; `faf_get_orchestration_policy` reflects values parsed out of the attacker-chosen file and echoes the resolved absolute path — confirming the read. ### Impact An MCP client — or an LLM prompt-injected via attacker-controlled content (a web page, README, ticket, or `.faf`) into issuing a tool call — can read any file the server process can read: SSH keys (`~/.ssh/id_rsa`), cloud credentials (`~/.aws/credentials`), `.env` files, source, `/etc/passwd`. This is a sensitive-information-disclosure (CWE-200) primitive that far exceeds the declared `.faf` project-context scope. The server runs over stdio, so the read is reached by a crafted tool call (e.g. a prompt-injected agent processing attacker-controlled content). ### Patches Fixed in **1.5.3** by confining every caller-supplied `path` before any filesystem access (`safe-path.ts`): - Reads are restricted to `.faf` / `.fafm` context files, so non-context files (secrets) are refused regardless of directory. - General file ops (`faf_read` / `faf_write`) are confined to the project root (cwd + system temp; override with `FAF_ALLOWED_ROOTS`). - Paths are canonicalized thr

Properties

ghsa_id
GHSA-cc2g-gq8c-r332
summary
grok-faf-mcp has an arbitrary local file read via unconfined `path` argument in FAF tools
severity
high
cvss_score
7.5
cve_id
GHSA-cc2g-gq8c-r332
cvss_vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
is_ghsa_only
true
ghsa_published
2026-08-19T19:15:01Z
source_url
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cc2g-gq8c-r332
ghsa_updated
2026-08-19T19:15:03Z

Related Entities (6)

AFFECTS (1)

[Software]npm/grok-faf-mcp

HAS_WEAKNESS (3)

[Weakness]External Control of File Name or Path
[Weakness]Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
[Weakness]Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

REPORTED_BY (1)

[Source]GitHub Advisory Database

VULNERABLE_TO (1)

[Software]npm/grok-faf-mcp

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