CVE-2025-49596
criticalpriority · track · 26OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.445 · 99 %ileexploit · PoCEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-26
The MCP inspector is a developer tool for testing and debugging MCP servers. Versions of MCP Inspector below 0.14.1 are vulnerable to remote code execution due to lack of authentication between the Inspector client and proxy, allowing unauthenticated requests to launch MCP commands over stdio. Users should immediately upgrade to version 0.14.1 or later to address these vulnerabilities.
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exploits (4)
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- pppxo/CVE-2025-49596-PoCPoC for CVE-2025-49596 on linux targetsPoC · poc_in_github
affected products (3)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-7f8r-222p-6f5gMCP Inspector proxy server lacks authentication between the Inspector client and proxy2025-06-13ghsa · osvUS
Versions of MCP Inspector below 0.14.1 are vulnerable to remote code execution due to lack of authentication between the Inspector client and proxy, allowing unauthenticated requests to launch MCP commands over stdio. Users should immediately upgrade to version 0.14.1 or later to address these vulnerabilities. Credit: Rémy Marot <bughunters@tenable.com>
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references (12)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-49596cnnvd
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/inspector/commit/50df0e1ec488f3983740b4d28d2a968f12eb8979cnnvd
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/inspector/releasesPatchcnnvd
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/inspector/security/advisories/GHSA-7f8r-222p-6f5gcnnvd
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/inspector/commit/50df0e1ec488f3983740b4d28d2a968f12eb8979enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/inspector/security/advisories/GHSA-7f8r-222p-6f5genisa_euvd
- https://thenewstack.io/mcp-vulnerability-exposes-the-ai-untrusted-code-crisisenisa_euvd
- https://www.oligo.security/blog/critical-rce-vulnerability-in-anthropic-mcp-inspector-cve-2025-49596enisa_euvd
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