6.8mediumMedium

CVE-2026-81092

mcp-go accepted requests on its HTTP transports without checking the Host header. StreamableHTTPServer.ServeHTTP in server/streamable_http.go and SSEServer.ServeHTTP in server/sse.go served any request arriving over a loopback connection regardless of the host it named, and the SSE transport's cross-origin default allowed any origin. A page in a browser could therefore point a name it controlled at the loopback address and reach a server listening there, invoking tools and reading resources that the server exposed on the assumption that only local software could connect. No release before 0.56.0 validated the header on either transport; 0.56.0 adds server/http_localhost.go, which rejects a loopback-bound request carrying a host that is not a loopback name, and wires it into both transports.

What the metrics mean

  • It is reachable over a network, without needing local access.
  • For an attacker who can reach it, exploitation depends on conditions outside the attacker's control.
  • To exploit it, no account is needed.
  • Beyond that, someone has to be persuaded to take an action first.

Scoring

CVSS
6.8 (v3.1)
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4
7.6
Weakness
CWE-346
Assigned by
disclosure@vulncheck.com

Dates

Published
2026-08-27
Last modified
2026-08-28
Sources
NVD

References