CVE-2026-27896

MCP Go SDK Vulnerable to Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity

Published Feb 26, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 7 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The Go MCP SDK used Go's standard encoding/json.Unmarshal for JSON-RPC and MCP protocol message parsing in versions prior to 1.3.1. Go's standard library performs case-insensitive matching of JSON keys to struct field tags — a field tagged json:"method" would also match "Method", "METHOD", etc. This violated the JSON-RPC 2.0 specification, which defines exact field names. A malicious MCP peer may have been able to send protocol messages with non-standard field casing that the SDK would silently accept. This had the potential for bypassing intermediary inspection and coss-implementation inconsistency. Go's standard JSON unmarshaling was replaced with a case-sensitive decoder in commit 7b8d81c. Users are advised to update to v1.3.1 to resolve this issue.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-wvj2-96wp-fq3f MCP Go SDK Vulnerable to Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Lfprojects
Lfprojects mcp Go Sdk
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:lfprojects:mcp_go_sdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Lfprojects
Lfprojects mcp Go Sdk
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

threat_severity

Important

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Modelcontextprotocol
Modelcontextprotocol go-sdk
Vendors & Products Modelcontextprotocol
Modelcontextprotocol go-sdk
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Go MCP SDK used Go's standard encoding/json.Unmarshal for JSON-RPC and MCP protocol message parsing in versions prior to 1.3.1. Go's standard library performs case-insensitive matching of JSON keys to struct field tags — a field tagged json:"method" would also match "Method", "METHOD", etc. This violated the JSON-RPC 2.0 specification, which defines exact field names. A malicious MCP peer may have been able to send protocol messages with non-standard field casing that the SDK would silently accept. This had the potential for bypassing intermediary inspection and coss-implementation inconsistency. Go's standard JSON unmarshaling was replaced with a case-sensitive decoder in commit 7b8d81c. Users are advised to update to v1.3.1 to resolve this issue.
Title MCP Go SDK Vulnerable to Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity
Weaknesses CWE-178
CWE-436
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2026, 12:04 PM
Reserved
Feb 24, 2026, 3:19 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 26, 2026, 1:16 AM
Modified
Jul 15, 2026, 2:19 AM
Severity
Important
Public date
Feb 26, 2026, 12:47 AM