CVE-2026-77825
IBM ContextForge MCP Gateway 1.0.0 through 1.0.8 was vulnerable to path traversal in its Admin API log-download endpoint (`GET /v1/admin/logs/file`). The path confinement check uses `str.startswith()` rather than proper boundary validation, allowing an authenticated admin to read `.log`, `.jsonl`, and `.json` files outside the configured `LOG_FOLDER` by supplying a filename that resolves into a sibling directory whose absolute path shares the log directory's string prefix.
Published:Sep 24, 2026
Last Modified:Sep 29, 2026
EPS:Sep 24, 2026
EPSS Score:0.00316
CVSS Score:4.9
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Ibm
Product
Contextforge
Ibm
Contextforge
Vendor
Ibm
Product
Contextforge-mcp-gateway
Ibm
Contextforge-mcp-gateway
Vendor
Ibm
Product
Contextforge Mcp Gateway
Ibm
Contextforge Mcp Gateway
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
