Anthropic's MCP TypeScript SDK has a ReDoS vulnerability
### Impact A ReDoS vulnerability in the `UriTemplate` class allows attackers to cause denial of service. The `partToRegExp()` function generates a regex pattern with nested quantifiers (`([^/]+(?:,[^/]+)*)`) for exploded template variables (e.g., `{/id*}`, `{?tags*}`), causing catastrophic backtracking on malicious input. **Who is affected:** MCP servers that register resource templates with exploded array patterns and accept requests from untrusted clients. **Attack result:** An attacker sends a crafted URI via `resources/read` request, causing 100% CPU utilization, server hang/crash, and denial of service for all clients. ### Affected Versions All versions of `@modelcontextprotocol/sdk` prior to the patched release. ### Patches v1.25.2 contains b392f02ffcf37c088dbd114fedf25026ec3913d3 the fix modifies the regex pattern to prevent backtracking. ### Workarounds - Avoid using exploded patterns (`{/id*}`, `{?tags*}`) in resource templates - Implement request timeouts and rate limiting - Validate URIs before processing to reject suspicious patterns
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-0621US | high7.5 | — | ||
Anthropic's MCP TypeScript SDK versions up to and including 1.25.1 contain a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) vulnerability in the UriTemplate class when processing RFC… | ||||
references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdkPACKAGE
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk/commit/7f0cf730WEB
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk/commit/b392f02ffcf37c088dbd114fedf25026ec3913d3WEB
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk/issues/965WEB
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk/releases/tag/v1.25.2WEB
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk/security/advisories/GHSA-cqwc-fm46-7fffWEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-0621ADVISORY
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/mcp-typescript-sdk-uritemplate-exploded-array-pattern-redosWEB
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