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mcp-toolbox: authentication bypass

mcp-toolbox

CVE-2026-11718 · Published Jun 18, 2026 · updated Jun 25, 2026

Critical
Fix: upgrade to 1.4.0 or later
GitHub advisory

An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in the generic opaque token validation path (validateOpaqueToken) of googleapis/mcp-toolbox.

When the toolbox validates an opaque token via an OAuth 2.0 introspection endpoint (RFC 7662), it decodes the response into an introspectResp struct. However, the subsequent claim-checking logic (validateClaims) evaluates the issuer condition as if a.issuer != "" && iss != "". If the external OAuth provider's introspection response omits the optional iss (issuer) field completely, the variable iss defaults to an empty string. This causes the conditional block to evaluate to false and be skipped silently. Consequently, the application accepts tokens issued by unauthorized or unintended third-party identity providers.

Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
github.com/googleapis/mcp-toolbox
Go
< 1.4.01.4.0
Details and references
CVSS 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Severity from
GitHub (reviewed advisory)
Weakness
CWE-287
Also known as
CVE-2026-11718, GO-2026-5706

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