Vulnerability-Lookup

GHSA-8R9Q-7V3J-JR4G

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-01-05 21:30 – Updated: 2026-07-15 18:32

Summary

Anthropic's MCP TypeScript SDK has a ReDoS vulnerability

Details

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

Severity

8.7 (High)


                  
                    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

Show details on source website

JSON

To clipboard

{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "1.3.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.25.2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-0621"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-1333"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-01-06T21:20:37Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-01-05T21:16:14Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\n\nA 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.\n\n**Who is affected:** MCP servers that register resource templates with exploded array patterns and accept requests from untrusted clients.\n\n**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.\n\n### Affected Versions\n\nAll versions of `@modelcontextprotocol/sdk` prior to the patched release.\n\n### Patches\n\nv1.25.2 contains b392f02ffcf37c088dbd114fedf25026ec3913d3 the fix modifies the regex pattern to prevent backtracking.\n\n### Workarounds\n\n- Avoid using exploded patterns (`{/id*}`, `{?tags*}`) in resource templates\n- Implement request timeouts and rate limiting\n- Validate URIs before processing to reject suspicious patterns",
  "id": "GHSA-8r9q-7v3j-jr4g",
  "modified": "2026-07-15T18:32:03Z",
  "published": "2026-01-05T21:30:33Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk/security/advisories/GHSA-cqwc-fm46-7fff"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-0621"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk/issues/965"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk/commit/7f0cf730"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk/commit/b392f02ffcf37c088dbd114fedf25026ec3913d3"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk/releases/tag/v1.25.2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/mcp-typescript-sdk-uritemplate-exploded-array-pattern-redos"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "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",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Anthropic\u0027s MCP TypeScript SDK has a ReDoS vulnerability"
}

CVE-2026-0621 (GCVE-0-2026-0621)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-05 20:57 – Updated: 2026-07-14 15:53

Title

MCP TypeScript SDK UriTemplate Exploded Array Pattern ReDoS

Summary

Anthropic's MCP TypeScript SDK versions up to and including 1.25.1 contain a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) vulnerability in the UriTemplate class when processing RFC 6570 exploded array patterns. The dynamically generated regular expression used during URI matching contains nested quantifiers that can trigger catastrophic backtracking on specially crafted inputs, resulting in excessive CPU consumption. An attacker can exploit this by supplying a malicious URI that causes the Node.js process to become unresponsive, leading to a denial of service.

Severity

8.7 (High)


                        
                          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

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-01-05 21:07 UTC

CWE

CWE-1333 - Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

Assigner

VulnCheck mitre root Scorecard

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescrip…	issue-tracking
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/mcp-typescri…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Anthropic	MCP TypeScript SDK	Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.25.1 (semver) cpe:2.3:a:lfprojects:mcp_typescript_sdk::::::::

Credits

Weblover

Show details on NVD website

JSON

To clipboard

{
  "containers": {
    "adp": [
      {
        "metrics": [
          {
            "other": {
              "content": {
                "id": "CVE-2026-0621",
                "options": [
                  {
                    "Exploitation": "poc"
                  },
                  {
                    "Automatable": "yes"
                  },
                  {
                    "Technical Impact": "partial"
                  }
                ],
                "role": "CISA Coordinator",
                "timestamp": "2026-01-05T21:07:47.543163Z",
                "version": "2.0.3"
              },
              "type": "ssvc"
            }
          }
        ],
        "providerMetadata": {
          "dateUpdated": "2026-01-05T21:48:30.567Z",
          "orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
          "shortName": "CISA-ADP"
        },
        "references": [
          {
            "tags": [
              "exploit"
            ],
            "url": "https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk/issues/965"
          }
        ],
        "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment"
      }
    ],
    "cna": {
      "affected": [
        {
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "packageURL": "pkg:github/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk",
          "product": "MCP TypeScript SDK",
          "repo": "https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk",
          "vendor": "Anthropic",
          "versions": [
            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "1.25.1",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "0",
              "versionType": "semver"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "cpeApplicability": [
        {
          "nodes": [
            {
              "cpeMatch": [
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:lfprojects:mcp_typescript_sdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "versionEndIncluding": "1.25.1",
                  "vulnerable": true
                }
              ],
              "negate": false,
              "operator": "OR"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "credits": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "type": "finder",
          "value": "Weblover"
        }
      ],
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "supportingMedia": [
            {
              "base64": false,
              "type": "text/html",
              "value": "Anthropic\u0027s MCP TypeScript SDK versions up to and including 1.25.1 contain a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) vulnerability in the UriTemplate class when processing RFC 6570 exploded array patterns. The dynamically generated regular expression used during URI matching contains nested quantifiers that can trigger catastrophic backtracking on specially crafted inputs, resulting in excessive CPU consumption. An attacker can exploit this by supplying a malicious URI that causes the Node.js process to become unresponsive, leading to a denial of service."
            }
          ],
          "value": "Anthropic\u0027s MCP TypeScript SDK versions up to and including 1.25.1 contain a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) vulnerability in the UriTemplate class when processing RFC 6570 exploded array patterns. The dynamically generated regular expression used during URI matching contains nested quantifiers that can trigger catastrophic backtracking on specially crafted inputs, resulting in excessive CPU consumption. An attacker can exploit this by supplying a malicious URI that causes the Node.js process to become unresponsive, leading to a denial of service."
        }
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "cvssV4_0": {
            "Automatable": "NOT_DEFINED",
            "Recovery": "NOT_DEFINED",
            "Safety": "NOT_DEFINED",
            "attackComplexity": "LOW",
            "attackRequirements": "NONE",
            "attackVector": "NETWORK",
            "baseScore": 8.7,
            "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
            "exploitMaturity": "NOT_DEFINED",
            "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
            "providerUrgency": "NOT_DEFINED",
            "subAvailabilityImpact": "NONE",
            "subConfidentialityImpact": "NONE",
            "subIntegrityImpact": "NONE",
            "userInteraction": "NONE",
            "valueDensity": "NOT_DEFINED",
            "vectorString": "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",
            "version": "4.0",
            "vulnAvailabilityImpact": "HIGH",
            "vulnConfidentialityImpact": "NONE",
            "vulnIntegrityImpact": "NONE",
            "vulnerabilityResponseEffort": "NOT_DEFINED"
          },
          "format": "CVSS",
          "scenarios": [
            {
              "lang": "en",
              "value": "GENERAL"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "problemTypes": [
        {
          "descriptions": [
            {
              "cweId": "CWE-1333",
              "description": "CWE-1333 Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity",
              "lang": "en",
              "type": "CWE"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2026-07-14T15:53:01.283Z",
        "orgId": "83251b91-4cc7-4094-a5c7-464a1b83ea10",
        "shortName": "VulnCheck"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "issue-tracking"
          ],
          "url": "https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk/issues/965"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "third-party-advisory"
          ],
          "url": "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/mcp-typescript-sdk-uritemplate-exploded-array-pattern-redos"
        }
      ],
      "source": {
        "discovery": "UNKNOWN"
      },
      "title": "MCP TypeScript SDK UriTemplate Exploded Array Pattern ReDoS",
      "x_generator": {
        "engine": "Vulnogram 0.5.0"
      }
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "83251b91-4cc7-4094-a5c7-464a1b83ea10",
    "assignerShortName": "VulnCheck",
    "cveId": "CVE-2026-0621",
    "datePublished": "2026-01-05T20:57:14.515Z",
    "dateReserved": "2026-01-05T19:41:59.356Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2026-07-14T15:53:01.283Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.2"
}

Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base model, served locally by ML-Gateway. They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.

Related by attack behaviour

Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.

Action not permitted