Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-7315

Medium

Published: 28 April 2026

Published
28 April 2026
Modified
29 April 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v4 5.5 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0007 20.6th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2026-7315 is a medium-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 5.5 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 20.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

This vulnerability is AI-related — categorised as AI Agent Protocols and Integrations; in the Supply Chain and Deployment risk domain.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2026-7315 is a path traversal vulnerability (CWE-22) in eiceblue spire-pdf-mcp-server version 0.1.1, published on 2026-04-28. The issue affects the get_pdf_path function in the file src/spire_pdf_mcp/server.py within the PDF File Handler component, where manipulation of the filepath argument enables traversal outside intended directories.

The vulnerability is remotely exploitable by unauthenticated attackers with low complexity and no user interaction required, as indicated by its CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L). Successful exploitation allows limited impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, such as reading or modifying files accessible to the server process.

Advisories note that the project was informed early via GitHub issue #1 but has not responded, with no patches or official mitigations available. An exploit has been published and may be used, as documented in VulDB entries and related references including the GitHub repository.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A flaw has been found in eiceblue spire-pdf-mcp-server 0.1.1. This impacts the function get_pdf_path of the file src/spire_pdf_mcp/server.py of the component PDF File Handler. Executing a manipulation of the argument filepath can lead to path traversal. The attack can be…

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launched remotely. The exploit has been published and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

CWE(s)

AI Security AnalysisAI

AI Category
AI Agent Protocols and Integrations
Risk Domain
Supply Chain and Deployment
OWASP Top 10 for LLMs 2025
None mapped
Classification Reason
Matched keywords: mcp

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
T1005 Data from Local System Collection
Adversaries may search local system sources, such as file systems, configuration files, local databases, virtual machine files, or process memory, to find files of interest and sensitive data prior to Exfiltration.
Why these techniques?

The remote unauthenticated path traversal in a public-facing PDF server directly enables T1190 (exploiting public-facing applications) and facilitates T1005 (reading files from the local system via filepath manipulation).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

prevent

Directly requires validation of the filepath argument in get_pdf_path to block path traversal sequences like '../'.

prevent

Mandates identification, reporting, and correction of the specific path traversal flaw in the PDF File Handler component.

prevent

Enforces logical access controls on file system resources to restrict access outside the intended PDF directories.

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