CVE-2026-14541: CWE-287 (Improper Authentication) in Google mcp-toolbox
An authentication bypass and audience confusion vulnerability exists in the Google OAuth provider component of Google mcp-toolbox version 1.4.0. When a Google authService is initialized with mcpEnabled: true but lacks an explicitly defined audience or clientId, the ValidateMCPAuth pipeline for opaque tokens skips audience validation entirely. As a result, the toolbox will accept any valid Google OAuth access token—even those minted for unrelated ecosystem applications—granting unauthorized clients access to protected tools and data backends.
CVE-2026-14541: CWE-287 (Improper Authentication) in Google mcp-toolbox
Description
An authentication bypass and audience confusion vulnerability exists in the Google OAuth provider component of Google mcp-toolbox version 1.4.0. When a Google authService is initialized with mcpEnabled: true but lacks an explicitly defined audience or clientId, the ValidateMCPAuth pipeline for opaque tokens skips audience validation entirely. As a result, the toolbox will accept any valid Google OAuth access token—even those minted for unrelated ecosystem applications—granting unauthorized clients access to protected tools and data backends.
CVSS v4.0
Score 8.0high
Affected software
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Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-03T03:38:02.749Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a6c0df79c2644c7f8308762
Added to database: 07/31/2026, 02:52:39 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 03:40:39 UTC
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