GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI

GHSA-w4fh-qvv9-3v23 Model Context Protocol Python SDK: Server bearer-token authentication accepts tokens issued for a different resource server

MEDIUM Published 2026-10-27 Modified 2026-10-27 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-116684
Ecosystem
PyPI
Packages
mcp
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-863
Reviewed
2026-10-27

Affected packages

• PyPI mcp: >= 2.0.0, < 2.2.0 → fixed in 2.2.0 • PyPI mcp: >= 1.10.0, < 1.30.0 → fixed in 1.30.0

Description

Summary In affected versions, the SDK's server-side bearer authentication had no way to check that a token was issued for your server (its audience). Where one authorization server issues tokens for several services, a valid token for another service was also accepted by your MCP server. Am I affected? Yes, if your HTTP server uses the SDK's bearer authentication (`auth=AuthSettings(...)` with `token_verifier=`), its authorization server also issues tokens for other services, and your `TokenVerifier` does not check the token's audience (`aud`) itself. Affected versions: • `mcp` 1.10.0 through 1.29.1 • `mcp` 2.0.0 through 2.1.1 Fix Upgrade to: • 1.x: `mcp` 1.30.0 or later • 2.x: `mcp` 2.2.0 or later Upgrading alone changes nothing. The patched versions add a `validate_token_resource` setting that is off unless you set it. To turn the check on, make both of these changes together: 1. Set `validate_token_resource=True` in `AuthSettings`, with `resource_server_url` set to the audience your authorization server puts in tokens for your server. 2. Return the token's audience from `verify_token()` as `AccessToken.resource`. A token for another service then gets `401`. With only the first change, every request gets `401`. If your `TokenVerifier` already checks the audience, set `validate_token_resource=False` to silence the deprecation warning. The setting will default to `True` in 3.0. If you cannot upgrade yet, reject any token whose `aud` does not include your server inside `verify_token()`. That closes the issue on every version.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-116684 The Model Context Protocol Python SDK is the official Python SDK for Model Context Protocol servers and clients. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization weakness

References