CVE-2026-52869
MCP Python SDK: HTTP transports serve session requests without verifying the authenticated principal
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.1 High
- Published
- Jul 15, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 16, 2026
- Reserved
- Jun 8, 2026
Description
The MCP Python SDK, called mcp on PyPI, is a Python implementation of the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Prior to 1.27.2, the SSE and stateful Streamable HTTP transports mcp.server.sse.SseServerTransport and mcp.server.streamable_http_manager.StreamableHTTPSessionManager route requests to existing sessions using only the session_id query parameter or Mcp-Session-Id header without verifying the authenticated principal that created the session, allowing a different bearer-token-authenticated client with a known session ID to inject JSON-RPC messages into that session. This issue is fixed in version 1.27.2.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.1 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
python-sdkmodelcontextprotocol |
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References
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk/security/advisories/GHSA-jpw9-pfvf-9f58
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk/pull/2690
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk/pull/2719
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk/commit/1abcca2408a6b50e10ec601181f63f9978705c00
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk/commit/ce267b6fc515dc4efc1dc70b6975b16ff0feef0a
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk/releases/tag/v1.27.2
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