VulnerabilityPublished 27 Oct 2026

CVE-2026-116686: modelcontextprotocol python-sdk · Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Affects modelcontextprotocol python-sdkSource CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.5 Medium : upgrade to 2.2.0 or 1.30.0 when convenient.

Data as of 27 Oct 2026, 19:59 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

6.5Medium

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Patch: Available – fixed in 2.2.0, 1.30.0

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: Required
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: None
Integrity: None
Availability: High

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable component is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed 'remotely exploitable' and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: None: The attacker is unauthorized prior to attack, and therefore does not require any access to settings or files to carry out an attack.
User Interaction: Required: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires a user to take some action before the vulnerability can be exploited.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
Confidentiality: None: There is no loss of confidentiality within the impacted component.
Integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the impacted component.
Availability: High: There is total loss of availability, resulting in the attacker being able to fully deny access to resources in the impacted component; this loss is either sustained (while the attacker continues to deliver the attack) or persistent (the condition persists even after the attack has completed). Alternatively, the attacker has the ability to deny some availability, but the loss of availability presents a direct, serious consequence to the impacted component (e.g., the attacker cannot disrupt existing connections, but can prevent new connections; the attacker can repeatedly exploit a vulnerability that, in each instance of a successful attack, leaks a only small amount of memory, but after repeated exploitation causes a service to become completely unavailable).

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 27 Oct 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Upgrade python-sdk and modelcontextprotocol-python-sdk to 2.2.0 or 1.30.0.

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
modelcontextprotocolpython-sdk	Affected >=2.0.0 <2.2.0	Fixed in 2.2.0
modelcontextprotocolpython-sdk	Affected >=1.10.0 <1.30.0	Fixed in 1.30.0
PyPImodelcontextprotocol-python-sdk`pkg:pypi/modelcontextprotocol-python-sdk`Other threats	Affected >=1.10.0 <1.30.0 >=2.0.0 <2.2.0	Fixed in 1.30.0 2.2.0

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AI-suggested

Upgrade the Model Context Protocol Python SDK to version 1.30.0 or later, or 2.2.0 or later, where this SSRF vulnerability is fixed. No other mitigation is indicated by the vendor advisory.

Description

A Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability exists in the Model Context Protocol Python SDK versions from 1.10.0 up to but not including 1.30.0, and from 2.0.0 up to but not including 2.2.0. The vulnerability arises because certain client calls validate server-declared outputSchema documents using jsonschema's default resolver, which can cause unresolved $ref values to fetch URLs or files from the client's network or filesystem. This can lead to blind requests, local file reads, and session stalls due to synchronous resolution without timeouts. The issue is fixed in versions 1.30.0 and 2.2.0.

Impact

An attacker controlling a malicious server can exploit this vulnerability to cause the client to make unintended network requests or read local files, potentially leading to denial of service by stalling sessions. There is no direct confidentiality or integrity impact reported, but availability is affected due to session stalls. The CVSS score is 6.5 (medium severity) with no confidentiality or integrity impact but high impact on availability.

CWE-918Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (opens in a new tab)
Base weaknessCWE Top 25 (2025): #22OWASP Top 10 A01:2025: Broken Access Control (opens in a new tab)
The web server receives a URL or similar request from an upstream component and retrieves the contents of this URL, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the request is being sent to the expected destination.
OWASP Cheat Sheets
Server Side Request Forgery Prevention (opens in a new tab)
Unvalidated Redirects and Forwards (opens in a new tab)
Cross Site Scripting Prevention (opens in a new tab)
DOM based XSS Prevention (opens in a new tab)
Authorization (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V12.6.1 (opens in a new tab)
V5.2.6 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
Server Side Request Forgery (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

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AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 27 Oct 2026, 19:59 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-918

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