GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-8r9q-7v3j-jr4g Anthropic's MCP TypeScript SDK has a ReDoS vulnerability

HIGH Published 2026-01-05 Modified 2026-07-15 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-0621
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
@modelcontextprotocol/sdk
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weaknesses
CWE-1333
Reviewed
2026-01-06

Affected packages

• npm @modelcontextprotocol/sdk: >= 1.3.0, < 1.25.2 → fixed in 1.25.2

Description

Impact A ReDoS vulnerability in the `UriTemplate` class allows attackers to cause denial of service. The `partToRegExp()` function generates a regex pattern with nested quantifiers (`([^/]+(?:,[^/]+)*)`) for exploded template variables (e.g., `{/id*}`, `{?tags*}`), causing catastrophic backtracking on malicious input. Who is affected: MCP servers that register resource templates with exploded array patterns and accept requests from untrusted clients. Attack result: An attacker sends a crafted URI via `resources/read` request, causing 100% CPU utilization, server hang/crash, and denial of service for all clients. Affected Versions All versions of `@modelcontextprotocol/sdk` prior to the patched release. Patches v1.25.2 contains b392f02ffcf37c088dbd114fedf25026ec3913d3 the fix modifies the regex pattern to prevent backtracking. Workarounds • Avoid using exploded patterns (`{/id*}`, `{?tags*}`) in resource templates • Implement request timeouts and rate limiting • Validate URIs before processing to reject suspicious patterns

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-0621 Anthropic's MCP TypeScript SDK versions up to and including 1.25.1 contain a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) vulnerability in… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-1333 Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity weakness

References