Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2025-53098

Roo Code is an AI-powered autonomous coding agent.

Published Jun 27, 2025 · catalog updated Jul 3, 2025 · RooCodeInc Roo-Code

Last checked Oct 26, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-53098. EPSS is 0.67%. Act only if a listed version of RooCodeInc Roo-Code is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
High8.1
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.67%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor RooCodeInc Roo-Code < 3.20.3

Roo Code is an AI-powered autonomous coding agent. The project-specific MCP configuration for the Roo Code agent is stored in the file within the VS Code workspace. Because the MCP configuration format allows for execution of arbitrary commands, prior to version 3.20.3, it would have been possible for an attacker with access to craft a prompt to ask the agent to write a malicious command to the MCP configuration file. If the user had opted-in to auto-approving file writes within the project, this would have led to arbitrary command execution. This issue is of moderate severity, since it requir

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  • vendor RooCodeInc Roo-Code < 3.20.3< 3.20.3

How to fix CVE-2025-53098

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-53098. EPSS is 0.67%. Act only if a listed version of RooCodeInc Roo-Code is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with RooCodeInc Roo-Code < 3.20.3 < 3.20.3. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.67%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jun 27, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    Roo Code is an AI-powered autonomous coding agent. The project-specific MCP configuration for the Roo Code agent is stored in the file within the VS Code workspace. Because the MCP configuration format allows for execution of arbitrary commands, prior to version 3.20.3, it would have been possible for an attacker with access to craft a prompt to ask the agent to write a malicious command to the MC

  2. Jul 3, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    Roo Code is an AI-powered autonomous coding agent. The project-specific MCP configuration for the Roo Code agent is stored in the file within the VS Code workspace. Because the MCP configuration format allows for execution of arbitrary commands, prior to version 3.20.3, it would have been possible for an attacker with access to craft a prompt to ask the agent to write a malicious command to the MC

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-53098

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-53098

    30-day exploitation probability 0.67%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-19433

    Roo Code is an AI-powered autonomous coding agent. The project-specific MCP configuration for the Roo Code agent is stored in the file within the VS Code workspace. Because the MCP configuration format allows for execution of arbitrary commands, prior to version 3.20.3, it would

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 26, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 23, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 21, 2026
  • EUVDOct 20, 2026