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GHSA-jpw9-pfvf-9f58
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Summary
In affected versions, the SSE and Streamable HTTP server transports routed incoming requests to an existing session based only on the session identifier, without verifying that the request was authenticated as the same principal that created the session. Anyone who learned or guessed a session ID could send JSON-RPC messages on that session, regardless of which bearer token the request carried.
Am I affected?
Only if a developer's application server uses an HTTP transport (SSE, or Streamable HTTP in stateful mode) and authenticates requests. Servers on stdio, stateless Streamable HTTP, or with no authentication configured are not affected.
Details
Both transports look up the target session by its identifier alone — the session_id query parameter for SSE (mcp.server.sse.SseServerTransport) and the Mcp-Session-Id header for Streamable HTTP (mcp.server.streamable_http_manager.StreamableHTTPSessionManager). Once the lookup succeeded, the request was handled on that session without comparing its authentication context to the credentials presented when the session was created, so a request authenticated as a different OAuth client could inject messages into the session. On the SSE transport the response is delivered to the original client's event stream; on the Streamable HTTP transport it is returned on the injecting request, so the injecting client can also read the result. The SSE transport has been affected since the first release; the Streamable HTTP transport since version 1.8.0.
Impact
Servers using either HTTP transport together with the SDK's built-in bearer-token authentication are affected: the per-client isolation that authentication provides can be bypassed for any session whose ID is known. Session IDs are randomly generated UUIDs, so exploitation requires obtaining one out of band (logs, network observation). Servers that do not enable bearer-token authentication have no per-client isolation to bypass and are not addressed by this advisory, and stateless Streamable HTTP deployments do not maintain sessions and are unaffected.
Mitigation
Upgrade to version 1.27.2 or later, which records the authenticated principal that created each session — the OAuth client ID together with the token's issuer and subject when the token verifier supplies them — and answers requests presenting a different principal with the same 404 response as for an unknown session.
Deployments where many end users share a single OAuth client (hosted MCP clients, gateways) should ensure their token verifier populates AccessToken.subject (e.g. from the token's sub claim) so sessions are isolated per user rather than per client. Deployments using a custom authentication backend other than the built-in BearerAuthBackend should enforce an equivalent check themselves.
The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is difficult for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability and may require special conditions. An attacker needs basic access or low-level privileges. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a high impact on the confidentiality of the information. There is a high impact on the integrity of the data. There is a low impact on the availability of the system.
Exploitation attempts have been detected. Elevated vigilance and prompt remediation are advised.
The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.
We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.
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