PYSEC-2026-1616
See a problem?- Import Source
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/mcp/PYSEC-2026-1616.yaml
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/PYSEC-2026-1616
- Aliases
- Published
- 2026-07-07T16:02:56.172263Z
- Modified
- 2026-07-07T17:47:03.420621263Z
- Severity
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- 8.7 (High) CVSS_V4 - 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 CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- MCP Python SDK vulnerability in the FastMCP Server causes validation error, leading to DoS
- Details
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A validation error in the MCP SDK can cause an unhandled exception when processing malformed requests, resulting in service unavailability (500 errors) until manually restarted. Impact may vary depending on the deployment conditions, and presence of infrastructure-level resilience measures.
Thank you to Rich Harang for reporting this issue.
- References
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- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk/security/advisories/GHSA-3qhf-m339-9g5v
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53366
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk/pull/822
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk/commit/29c69e6a47d0104d0afcea6ac35e7ab02fde809a
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk/releases/tag/v1.9.4
- https://pypi.org/project/mcp
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3qhf-m339-9g5v
Affected packages
PyPI / mcp
Package
- Name
- mcp
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- Purl
- pkg:pypi/mcp
Affected ranges
- Type
- ECOSYSTEM
- Events
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Introduced0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affectedFixed1.9.4