---
id: CVE-2026-117568
title: mcp-ffmpeg through 1.0.5 OS Command Injection via videoPath and outputDir
summary: >-
  mcp-ffmpeg through 1.0.5 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that
  allows attackers to run shell commands by supplying crafted videoPath or
  outputDir values to the resize-video, extract-audio and get-video-info tools.
  Attackers…
severity: high
cvss: 7
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cvssSource: cna
cwe:
  - CWE-78
vendor: bitscorp-mcp
product: mcp-ffmpeg
affected:
  - mcp-ffmpeg <= 1.0.5
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-10-28T14:58:09.353499Z'
published: '2026-10-27'
updated: '2026-10-28'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-28T16:16:50.835Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-117568'
references:
  - url: 'https://github.com/bitscorp-mcp/mcp-ffmpeg/issues/8'
    label: 'GitHub Issue #8'
  - url: 'https://github.com/bitscorp-mcp/mcp-ffmpeg'
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/bitscorp-mcp/mcp-ffmpeg/blob/2ec04e44850cc5ee5354c40643be8bc91c218654/src/mcp-ffmpeg.ts#L184
  - url: >-
      https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/mcp-ffmpeg-through-1.0.5-os-command-injection-via-videopath-and-outputdir
    label: >-
      VulnCheck Advisory: mcp-ffmpeg through 1.0.5 OS Command Injection via
      videoPath and outputDir
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00596
epssPercentile: 0.4835
ingestedAt: '2026-10-27T16:11:59.338Z'
---

## Overview

mcp-ffmpeg through 1.0.5 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows attackers to run shell commands by supplying crafted videoPath or outputDir values to the resize-video, extract-audio and get-video-info tools. Attackers can embed $(), backticks or a closing double quote in an existing file or directory name to break out of the child_process.exec command string and execute commands as the MCP server user.

## Affected

- `mcp-ffmpeg <= 1.0.5`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.