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title: "CVE-2025-65720: GPT Researcher MCP STDIO configuration allows remote command execution"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2025-65720/
description: "CVE-2025-65720 (gpt-researcher (PyPI)): An issue in Open Source GPT Researcher v3.3.7 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands on a victim system via…"
type: vulnerability-record
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2026-07-15
date_modified: 2026-10-02
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
cve: "CVE-2025-65720"
kev: false
cvss: 9.8
epss: 0.00722
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
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# CVE-2025-65720: GPT Researcher MCP STDIO configuration allows remote command execution

**Signal:** Critical and remotely reachable. No known exploitation yet, but it is network-reachable without credentials. (Computed from CISA KEV, EPSS and CVSS; not an editorial verdict.)

## Should you act?

- No confirmed exploitation. It is not in CISA’s KEV catalog and CISA’s SSVC assessment records no known exploitation. That can change quickly after a public write-up; re-check if you are affected.
- EPSS 0.7% , percentile 53: FIRST’s model estimates a 0.7% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 53% of all scored CVEs (moderate). EPSS is a probability, not a verdict.
- Remotely reachable with no login and no user interaction. If the vulnerable service is exposed to the internet, prioritize it.
- Only applies if your dependency tree includes gpt-researcher (PyPI) >= 0.14.5, <= 0.14.7, no fixed version listed . Check your lockfile, including transitive dependencies.

## What it is

An issue in Open Source GPT Researcher v3.3.7 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands on a victim system via user interaction with a crafted HTML page.

## Affected packages

- PyPI `gpt-researcher` >= 0.14.5, <= 0.14.7 → fixed: none listed

## Affected products (CVE record)

- n/a n/a: see advisory

## Severity

- CISA-ADP CVSS 3.1: 9.8 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
- GitHub CVSS 3.1: 9.8 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`

## Exploitation

- CISA KEV: not listed (no confirmed in-the-wild exploitation known to CISA).
- CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation none , automatable yes , technical impact total .
- FIRST EPSS (model of 2026-10-21): 0.72% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 53.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory GHSA-8j86-h8gg-797p](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8j86-h8gg-797p)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2025-65720](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-65720)
- [NVD entry CVE-2025-65720](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-65720)
- [github.com](https://github.com/assafelovic/gpt-researcher)
- [ox.security](https://www.ox.security/blog/gpt-researcher-remote-code-execution)
- [ox.security](https://www.ox.security/blog/mcp-supply-chain-advisory-rce-vulnerabilities-across-the-ai-ecosystem/)

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