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CVE-2025-53109

Model Context Protocol Servers Vulnerable to Path Validation Bypass via Prefix Matching and Symlink Handling

Also known asGHSA-q66q-fx2p-7w4m
Published
Jul 2, 2025
Updated
Apr 10, 2026
Affected
2 pkgs
Patched
1 / 2
Exploits
None indexed

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
0.7%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk48th percentile+0.19%
0.00%0.40%0.80%1.19%0.1%0.7%Dec 25Apr 26Jun 26

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.

Blast Radius

2 pkgs affected
📦@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem📦@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem

Real-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects npm packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.

Description

Model Context Protocol Servers is a collection of reference implementations for the model context protocol (MCP). Versions of Filesystem prior to 0.6.4 or 2025.7.01 could allow access to unintended files via symlinks within allowed directories. Users are advised to upgrade to 0.6.4 or 2025.7.01 resolve.

Affected Packages

2 total 1 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
📦npm@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystemall versionsNo fix
📦npm@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem2025.1.14&&< 2025.7.12025.7.1

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency
  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for @modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.

  2. Fix

    No patched version of @modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem has shipped for CVE-2025-53109 yet. Where your build allows, override or pin the dependency away from the vulnerable range, and apply any maintainer-recommended mitigation.

  3. Workarounds

    If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 pinpoints whether CVE-2025-53109 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.

Tailored to CVE-2025-53109. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

Model Context Protocol Servers is a collection of reference implementations for the model context protocol (MCP). Versions of Filesystem prior to 0.6.4 or 2025.7.01 could allow access to unintended files via symlinks within allowed directories. Users are advised to upgrade to 0.6.4 or 2025.7.01 resolve.
O3 Security · Impact-Aware SCA

Is CVE-2025-53109 in your dependencies?

O3 detects CVE-2025-53109 across npm dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.