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fix: remove bawbel-scanner install boilerplate from AVE-2026-00024 #51

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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions records/AVE-2026-00024.json
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"component_type": "mcp_server",
"title": "Supply Chain - Content Type Mismatch (Magika)",
"attack_class": "Supply Chain - Content Type Mismatch",
"description": "This record covers supply chain attacks where an executable payload is disguised as a skill file (`.md`, `.yaml`, `.json`, `.txt`). Unlike all other AVE records which are detected by text pattern matching, this record is detected exclusively by the **Magika engine (Stage 0)** - Google's ML-based file type classifier - because the file contains no readable text instructions to match against. Detection requires a Magika-integrated scanning tool (bawbel-scanner is one implementation: `pip install \"bawbel-scanner[magika]\"`).",
"description": "This record covers supply chain attacks where an executable payload is disguised as a skill file (`.md`, `.yaml`, `.json`, `.txt`). Unlike all other AVE records which are detected by text pattern matching, this record is detected exclusively by the **Magika engine (Stage 0)** - Google's ML-based file type classifier - because the file contains no readable text instructions to match against. Detection requires a scanning tool integrated with Magika or an equivalent ML-based file type classifier.",
"affected_platforms": [
"any-mcp-client",
"claude-desktop"
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"spec_version": "0.8",
"notes": "AARF scores based on typical deployment of mcp components in agentic workflows."
},
"remediation": "- Install a Magika-integrated scanning tool (bawbel-scanner is one implementation: `pip install \"bawbel-scanner[magika]\"`).\n- Verify content type of all skill files before loading\n- Reject any file where content type does not match declared extension\n- Use a file type allowlist for skill loading - only accept known-safe types",
"remediation": "- Install a scanning tool integrated with Magika or an equivalent ML-based file type classifier.\n- Verify content type of all skill files before loading\n- Reject any file where content type does not match declared extension\n- Use a file type allowlist for skill loading - only accept known-safe types",
"status": "active",
"kill_switch_active": false,
"researcher": "Bawbel Security Research Team",
"researcher_url": "https://bawbel.io",
"published": "2026-04-19T09:00:00Z",
"last_updated": "2026-05-12T00:00:00Z",
"last_updated": "2026-07-17T00:00:00Z",
"references": [
{
"tag": "CWE-434",
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