CVE-2025-11489 | wonderwhy-er DesktopCommanderMCP up to 0.2.13 src/tools/filesystem.ts isPathAllowed symlink (Issue 219)

A vulnerability was found in wonderwhy-er DesktopCommanderMCP up to 0.2.13. It has been classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function isPathAllowed of the file src/tools/filesystem.ts. The manipulation leads to symlink following. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-11489. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

The vendor explains: “Our restriction features are designed as guardrails for LLMs to help them stay closer to what users want, rather than hardened security boundaries. (…) For users where security is a top priority, we continue to recommend using Desktop Commander with Docker, which provides actual isolation. (…) We’ll keep this issue open for future consideration if we receive more user demand for improved restrictions.”VulDB Recent EntriesRead More