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CVE-2026-47427

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.44% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS · Published 2026-07-28 · Last synced 2026-08-27

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The GitHub MCP Server is vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack due to a nil pointer dereference in the CompletionsHandler function, which can be triggered by unauthenticated clients sending malformed JSON-RPC messages. This vulnerability allows attackers to crash the server without any authentication or token validation, leading to service disruption. Organizations using versions prior to 1.1.0 should prioritize upgrading to mitigate this risk.

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CVE
CVE-2026-47427
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
0.44%
GitHub

Original NVD Description

GitHub MCP Server is GitHub's official MCP Server. Prior to 1.1.0, the CompletionsHandler function in pkg/github/server.go accesses params.Ref without first checking whether it is nil, so a completion/complete request with a missing or empty ref field triggers a nil pointer dereference and a Go runtime panic; because the crash occurs before any authentication or token validation, any unauthenticated client able to send JSON-RPC messages can crash the server, resulting in a complete denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 1.1.0.

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