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.
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- 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
Upgrade
CVE-2025-53098 lists a fix boundary at 3.20.3. Compare the installed build with that boundary before you change production.
Version check
Affected < 3.20.3
Advisory
Open the cve_org record and follow its fix.
Official advisories
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
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
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
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
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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