CVE-2026-53709

CRITICAL Status: Received

CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.x Base Score
9.8
CRITICAL

Description

MCP Context Forge is an MCP gateway and administrative platform. Prior to 1.0.2, mcpgateway/config.py and .env.example ship a known JWT_SECRET_KEY, while verify_jwt_token() accepts HS256 tokens signed with that key and get_current_user() creates a platform administrator when the token subject matches PLATFORM_ADMIN_EMAIL and REQUIRE_USER_IN_DB is false. A remote unauthenticated attacker can therefore mint accepted administrator tokens without a database account. While the vulnerable signing key remains configured and the platform-admin bootstrap remains enabled, forged access survives password rotation, account deletion, and session revocation, allowing administrative disclosure, modification, and service disruption. This issue is fixed in version 1.0.2.

Published
October 13, 2026 3:17 PM
Last Modified
October 13, 2026 3:17 PM
Source
[email protected]

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-287 CWE-321 CWE-798 CWE-1188

References

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