CVE-2025-49596

MCP Inspector proxy server lacks authentication between the Inspector client and proxy

Published Jun 13, 2025 CVSS 4.0 · 9.4 Critical EPSS 39.9% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-20870 MCP Inspector proxy server lacks authentication between the Inspector client and proxy
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-7f8r-222p-6f5g MCP Inspector proxy server lacks authentication between the Inspector client and proxy
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Description 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.
Title MCP Inspector proxy server lacks authentication between the Inspector client and proxy
Weaknesses CWE-306
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Jul 9, 2025, 8:19 PM
Reserved
Jun 6, 2025, 3:44 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Jun 13, 2025, 8:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 9:31 AM