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GHSA-v3f4-w7r7-v3hm Uni-CLI: Legacy HTTP MCP transport accepted browser-originated localhost requests

HIGH Published 2026-06-19 Modified 2026-06-19 Official page ↗
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
@zenalexa/unicli
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weaknesses
CWE-346, CWE-352
Reviewed
2026-06-19

Affected packages

• npm @zenalexa/unicli: < 0.225.2 → fixed in 0.225.2

Description

Impact Uni-CLI versions before 0.225.2 exposed the legacy JSON-RPC-over-HTTP MCP transport on loopback without validating browser Origin headers before routing requests. A malicious web page could send a CORS simple POST request, such as text/plain, to the local /mcp endpoint and deliver a JSON-RPC body to the dispatcher. If the user had started the local MCP HTTP transport, that page could drive tools/call requests against the user's local Uni-CLI server. The Streamable HTTP transport already enforced this browser-to-localhost boundary. The legacy stateless HTTP path did not, so the two HTTP transports had drifted. This issue is about the browser-to-localhost boundary; it does not change Uni-CLI's local-code-execution trust model. Patches Version 0.225.2 fixes the issue by moving the Origin policy into a shared guard and applying it before routing in both HTTP transports. Non-loopback browser Origins are rejected with HTTP 403 before health, OAuth, or /mcp dispatch runs. Non-browser clients that omit Origin remain supported. Workarounds Upgrade to 0.225.2 or later. If upgrading is not immediately possible, do not expose the legacy HTTP MCP transport to browser-originated traffic; use the default stdio transport or the Streamable HTTP transport instead. Credits Reported privately by Ryan Vonbrubeck (@dodge1218).

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-346 Origin Validation Error weakness
  • CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery weakness

References