Vulnerability in stata-mcp (CVE-2026-31040)
Summary
Vulnerability in stata-mcp (CVE-2026-31040). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to 1.13.0 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
A vulnerability was identified in stata-mcp prior to v1.13.0 where insufficient validation of user-supplied Stata do-file content can lead to command execution.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-31040 has been found in stata-mcp.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 9.8/10.
What to do: upgrade stata-mcp to 1.13.0 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "stata-mcp CVE-2026-31040" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-31040 (stata-mcp) — CWE-20 / CVSS v3 9.8
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: 1.13.0 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-20) exists in stata-mcp.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of stata-mcp.
Severity: Critical (CVSS 9.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to 1.13.0.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'stata-mcp' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'stata-mcp' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
stata-mcpを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade stata-mcp to 1.13.0ステージング環境で 1.13.0 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory github.com
- package github.com
- patch github.com
- patch github.com
- report github.com
- web github.com