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TI-2026-36761 Aliases CVE-2026-49857GHSA-pvrj-8cg3-j5f8

auth-fetch-mcp has SSRF Protection Bypass via IPv4-mapped IPv6 Loopback

Priority LOW 33CWE-918Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-918 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00488 42nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed auth-fetch-mcp (ymw0407): 3.0.2auth-fetch-mcp (npm): 3.0.2

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
ymw0407auth-fetch-mcpbefore 3.0.23.0.2Patch availableCNA
—auth-fetch-mcp (npm)before 3.0.23.0.2Patch availableGHSA-pvrj-8cg3-j5f8
  • auth-fetch-mcp Vendorymw0407 Affected before 3.0.2 Fixed in 3.0.2 Patch available CNA
  • auth-fetch-mcp (npm) Vendor— Affected before 3.0.2 Fixed in 3.0.2 Patch available GHSA-pvrj-8cg3-j5f8

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA auth-fetch-mcp (ymw0407) Fixed in 3.0.2
  • Fix · GHSA-pvrj-8cg3-j5f8 auth-fetch-mcp (npm) Fixed in 3.0.2 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-49857
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pvrj-8cg3-j5f8

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