Record summary

CVE-2026-49857 has a selected CVSS score of 7.4 (high).

Description

auth-fetch-mcp is an MCP server that lets AI assistants fetch content from authenticated web pages. Version 3.0.1 implements SSRF protection in `assertSafeUrl()` (`src/security.ts`) to block requests to private and loopback addresses. However, the `isPrivateV6()` function fails to detect IPv4-mapped IPv6 loopback addresses in their hex-normalized form. When an attacker supplies a URL such as `http://[::ffff:127.0.0.1]:PORT/`, the Node.js WHATWG URL parser silently normalizes the host to `[::ffff:7f00:1]`. Because `net.isIPv4('7f00:1')` returns `false`, the private-IP check is bypassed and the URL is passed to the browser or HTTP client, allowing the MCP tool to reach loopback services that are supposed to be blocked. The issue is exploitable under default configuration without any special environment variable. Version 3.0.1 patches the issue.

Description source: CVE List

Exploitation context

CISA SSVC decision

ExploitationNone
AutomatableNo
Technical impactPartial

CISA Coordinator · SSVC 2.0.3 · Evaluated Aug 13, 2026 · Source: CVE List

Affected products and versions

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ProductSourceVersion rangeStatus
CVE List< 3.0.2affected
GitHub AdvisoryBefore 3.0.2 · Fixed in 3.0.2affected

References

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