Arbitrary PNG file write via unchecked output path
Published Aug 9, 2026 · Updated Aug 9, 2026
Path traversal in MCPyATS 0.1.0 through 0.1.4 allows local users to write PNG files to attacker-selected writable paths. The generate_mermaid_markdown tool passes caller-controlled folder and name values through processGenerateRequest to path.join and fs.writeFileSync without confining the result to an output directory. Low-privileged access to the local MCP client is required; the server account can create directories and overwrite predictable .png paths wherever it has write permission.
Summary
What happened
Path traversal in MCPyATS 0.1.0 through 0.1.4 allows local users to write PNG files to attacker-selected writable paths. The generate_mermaid_markdown tool passes caller-controlled folder and name values through processGenerateRequest to path.join and fs.writeFileSync without confining the result to an output directory. Low-privileged access to the local MCP client is required; the server account can create directories and overwrite predictable .png paths wherever it has write permission.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-19338
- Published
- Aug 9, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 9, 2026
- Vendor
- Automate Your Network
- Product
- MCPyATS
- Classifications
- CWE-22, T1565.001
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Aug 9, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 9, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0.1.0
- Affected versionversion=0.1.1
- Affected versionversion=0.1.2
- Affected versionversion=0.1.3
- Affected versionversion=0.1.4
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