CVE-2025-5273: Markdownify MCP Server allows attackers to read arbitrary files
All versions of the package mcp-markdownify-server are vulnerable to Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties via the get-markdown-file tool. An attacker can craft a prompt that, once accessed by the MCP host, will allow it to read arbitrary files from the host running the server.
Published May 29, 2025
Affected packages
mcp-markdownify-server
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Affected
- <= 0.0.1
- Fixed in
- No patched version yet
- Check
npm ls mcp-markdownify-server
Advisory details
From the GitHub Advisory Database (CC BY 4.0).
All versions of the package mcp-markdownify-server are vulnerable to Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties via the get-markdown-file tool. An attacker can craft a prompt that, once accessed by the MCP host, will allow it to read arbitrary files from the host running the server.
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5273
- https://github.com/zcaceres/markdownify-mcp/commit/3a6b202d088ef7acb8be84bc09515f41a2b1a9df
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-MCPMARKDOWNIFYSERVER-10249193
- https://github.com/zcaceres/markdownify-mcp/blob/3667bd4765c0e49684ce22df268d02dd478a7f3b/src/Markdownify.ts#L94
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-22v8-p7h2-rj7p
How this page is made: the data panel comes from the GitHub Advisory Database, CISA’s KEV catalog, the NVD and FIRST EPSS, and updates twice a day. No analysis has been written for this entry yet. Methodology
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