CVE-2026-108859
mcp-go through 1.2.1 contains a denial of service vulnerability in StreamableHTTPServer.ServeHTTP that allows remote unauthenticated attackers to exhaust memory by sending oversized POST bodies.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.55%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
mcp-go through 1.2.1 contains a denial of service vulnerability in StreamableHTTPServer.ServeHTTP that allows remote unauthenticated attackers to exhaust memory by sending oversized POST bodies. Attackers can send arbitrarily large or many concurrent POST requests, read fully via io.ReadAll before validation, to degrade or OOM-kill the server process.
- CVSS 4.0
- 8.7 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 0.55% probability · 46th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-770
- Source
- disclosure@vulncheck.com
EPSS moved from 0.5% on 12 October 2026 to 0.5% on 27 October 2026.
References
- https://github.com/mark3labs/mcp-go
- https://github.com/mark3labs/mcp-go/blob/90d247ed8d45cbb7d71d9a95e112789b78760443/server/streamable_http.go#L405-L411
- https://hackmd.io/@1ExmmukzRMWN7B4gQ4W-4Q/mark3labs-mcp-go-streamable-http-unbounded-body
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/mcp-go-through-1.2.1-denial-of-service-via-unbounded-post-body-buffering
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.