Authentication Bypass in MCP Toolbox's Opaque Token Validation
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| MCP Toolbox for Databases (googleapis/mcp-toolbox) | unaffected |
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Github GHSA |
GHSA-8fcc-w5hv-4gxv | googleapis/mcp-toolbox: authentication bypass vulnerability in the generic opaque token validation path (validateOpaqueToken) |
No CVSS v3.0
No CVSS v2
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.176% probability within 30 days)
| Link | Providers |
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| https://github.com/googleapis/mcp-toolbox/pull/3341 |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:google:mcp_toolbox_for_databases:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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cvssV3_1
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Google
Google mcp Toolbox For Databases |
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Google
Google mcp Toolbox For Databases |
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| Title | Authentication Bypass in MCP Toolbox's Opaque Token Validation |
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| Description | An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in the generic opaque token validation path (validateOpaqueToken) of googleapis/mcp-toolbox. When verifying an unparsed opaque token via an OAuth 2.0 introspection endpoint (RFC 7662), the toolbox decodes the response into an introspectResp struct where the Active field is declared as a pointer to a boolean (*bool). The code only explicitly rejects a token if the response contains a populated active field set to false (if introspectResp.Active != nil && !*introspectResp.Active). If an introspection endpoint responds with a payload that completely omits the mandatory active key, the internal variable remains nil, causing the conditional check to short-circuit. As a result, Toolbox accepts authorization tokens missing the "active" field, granting access to protected tools and underlying data sources. | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-287 | |
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| Metrics |
cvssV4_0
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