GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-8r9q-7v3j-jr4g Anthropic's MCP TypeScript SDK has a ReDoS vulnerability
HIGH
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- 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
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk/security/advisories/GHSA-cqwc-fm46-7fff web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-0621 advisory
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk/issues/965 web
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk/commit/7f0cf730 web
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk/commit/b392f02ffcf37c088dbd114fedf25026ec3913d3 web
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk package
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk/releases/tag/v1.25.2 web
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/mcp-typescript-sdk-uritemplate-exploded-array-pattern-redos web