GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-w48q-cv73-mx4w Model Context Protocol (MCP) TypeScript SDK does not enable DNS rebinding protection by default
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2025-66414
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- @modelcontextprotocol/sdk
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-1188, CWE-350
- Reviewed
- 2025-12-02
Affected packages
• npm @modelcontextprotocol/sdk: < 1.24.0 → fixed in 1.24.0
Description
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) TypeScript SDK does not enable DNS rebinding protection by default for HTTP-based servers. When an HTTP-based MCP server is run on localhost without authentication with `StreamableHTTPServerTransport` or `SSEServerTransport` and has not enabled `enableDnsRebindingProtection`, a malicious website could exploit DNS rebinding to bypass same-origin policy restrictions and send requests to the local MCP server. This could allow an attacker to invoke tools or access resources exposed by the MCP server on behalf of the user in those limited circumstances.
Note that running HTTP-based MCP servers locally without authentication is not recommended per MCP security best practices. This issue does not affect servers using stdio transport.
Servers created via `createMcpExpressApp()` now have this protection enabled by default when binding to localhost. Users with custom Express configurations are advised to update to version `1.24.0` and apply the exported `hostHeaderValidation()` middleware when running an unauthenticated server on localhost.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2025-66414 MCP TypeScript SDK is the official TypeScript SDK for Model Context Protocol servers and clients. vulnerability
References
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk/security/advisories/GHSA-w48q-cv73-mx4w web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-66414 advisory
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk/pull/1205 web
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk/commit/09623e2aa5044f9e9da62c73d820a8250b9d97ed web
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk/commit/608360047dc6899f1cf4f0226eb62fe7b11b3898 web
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk package