CVE-2026-110195

IBM ContextForge MCP Gateway is affected by an authorization bypass vulnerability

Published Nov 13, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 5.4 Medium EPSS n/a KEV · Not listed
Description
IBM ContextForge MCP Gateway 1.0.0 through 1.0.11 could allow an authenticated caller to bypass upstream credential-level authorization policies due to an insufficiently specific cache key in the RFC 8693 token exchange cache, enabling reuse of cached upstream bearer tokens across different credentials belonging to the same user.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now. Product(s)Version(s) number and/or range Remediation/Fix/InstructionsIBM ContextForge MCP Gatewayv1.1.0Install or upgrade to v1.1.0 [ v1.1.0 Release Notes https://github.com/IBM/mcp-context-forge/releases/tag/v1.1.0 ]


Vendor Workaround

IBM strongly recommends upgrading to the fixed version. If this cannot be done, ensure authorization policies for upstream MCP servers assign identical scopes and permissions to all credential types (interactive session JWTs and API tokens) for a given account, or avoid configuring OAuth token exchange with `subject_token_source=inbound_user_jwt` across mixed credential types until the gateway is updated.

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description IBM ContextForge MCP Gateway 1.0.0 through 1.0.11 could allow an authenticated caller to bypass upstream credential-level authorization policies due to an insufficiently specific cache key in the RFC 8693 token exchange cache, enabling reuse of cached upstream bearer tokens across different credentials belonging to the same user.
Title IBM ContextForge MCP Gateway is affected by an authorization bypass vulnerability
First Time appeared Ibm
Ibm contextforge Mcp Gateway
Weaknesses CWE-287
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:ibm:contextforge_mcp_gateway:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:contextforge_mcp_gateway:1.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Ibm
Ibm contextforge Mcp Gateway
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
ibm
Published
Updated
Nov 13, 2026, 9:43 PM
Reserved
Oct 13, 2026, 5:42 PM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Nov 13, 2026, 10:17 PM
Modified
Nov 13, 2026, 10:17 PM