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MCP EXPLOITS





Jul 2025 -- Aug 2026
by Lin Hsin Hsin










Sortable Table. Press Headers



Date Type Description CVE CVSS
2026-08-25 Code Injection Marimo Notebook < 0.23.15 executes attacker-supplied MCP command as local subprocess when opened in edit mode CVE-2026-75149 8.8 (v3.1)
2026-08-18 Prompt Injection Context7 MCP Server ≤ 2.1.2 — crafted tool output enables instruction override; no public fix documented CVE-2026-75130 9.0 (v3.1)
2026-08-10 Cross-Channel Trust Fragmentation GhostSplice — malicious MCP server splits exfiltration instructions across tool description, tool result, and sampling channels; agent stitches fragments to steal SSH keys/secrets. 11 frontier models tested, 100% compliance Pending N/A
2026-07-29 Session Hijacking MCP Ruby SDK < 0.23.0 — StreamableHTTPTransport does not bind session ID to owner; stolen session ID allows arbitrary tool execution in victim's session CVE-2026-67431 8.3
2026-05-12 Supply Chain / Self-Propagating Worm Mini Shai-Hulud — 42 @tanstack npm packages compromised via chained GitHub Actions; SLSA L3 attestation forgery, OIDC token extraction, MCP persistence hooks in Claude Code/VS Code; 420+ packages, 2B monthly installs CVE-2026-45321 9.6
2026-04-20 Design Flaw / RCE "Mother of All AI Supply Chains" (OX Security) — systemic RCE in Anthropic MCP SDK (Python, TS, Java, Rust) via STDIO interface; any process command executes on host regardless of valid MCP server init. Affects Flowise, LettaAI, LangFlow, Windsurf CVE-2026-40933 N/A
2026-04-20 Prompt Injection → Command Injection Windsurf 1.9544.26 — attacker-controlled HTML causes unauthorized MCP config edit and auto-registration of malicious STDIO server, executing arbitrary commands zero-click CVE-2026-30615 N/A
2026-03 Authentication Bypass → RCE nginx-ui MCP message endpoint fails to authenticate command execution requests; 2,600+ exposed instances; complete nginx service takeover CVE-2026-33032 9.8
2026-02-04 Cross-Tenant Data Leak MCP TypeScript SDK 1.10.0–1.25.3 — cross-client response data leak when McpServer/Server + transport instance reused across multiple client connections (stateless StreamableHTTPServerTransport) CVE-2026-25536 N/A
2026-01-16 RCE (Missing Auth + 0.0.0.0 Binding) MCPJam Inspector listens on 0.0.0.0 by default; crafted HTTP request triggers MCP server installation → full RCE without authentication CVE-2026-23744 9.1
2025-07-09 OS Command Injection → RCE mcp-remote 0.0.5–0.1.15 — crafted authorization_endpoint response URL from untrusted MCP server triggers arbitrary OS command execution on client; 437,000+ downloads affected CVE-2025-6514 9.6
2025 (est) Missing Authentication MCP Inspector Proxy Server — no authentication on local proxy; any local process could invoke MCP server tools CVE-2025-49596 9.4

Sources: NVD, OX Security, ASSET Research Group, Tenable, Cloud Security Alliance, The Hacker News, JFrog. "N/A" = CVSS not yet assigned or not publicly documented at time of retrieval. GhostSplice CVE pending coordinated disclosure as of Aug 27, 2026.







NOTES



💥 GhostSplice (Aug 10) has no CVE yet-- ASSET stated identifiers will follow coordinated disclosure.


💥 CVE-2026-40933 / CVE-2026-30615(OX Security, Apr 2026) are design-level flaws.. formal CVSS scores were not published in the advisory snippets retrieved.


💥 CVE-2026-25536 (TypeScript SDK data leak) lacks a published CVSS in NVD at retrieval time. The 30+ additional Jan–Feb 2026 CVEs (path traversal, tool poisoning, etc) are tracked in the agent-wars.com and dev.to roundups but lack individual public CVSS scores in accessible sources.












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