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TI-2026-41911 Aliases CVE-2026-58196GHSA-pr64-jmmf-jp54

ToolHive: SSRF in remote MCP server authentication discovery (host-side, bypasses container isolation)

Priority MEDIUM 55CWE-918Published · Updated

Key facts

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

ToolHive is a utility designed to simplify the deployment and management of Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. Prior to 0.31.0, remote.Handler.Authenticate in pkg/auth/remote/handler.go invokes discovery.DetectAuthenticationFromServer in pkg/auth/discovery/discovery.go, whose host-side HTTP clients trust remote-server-controlled authentication discovery destinations, follow redirects without host or scheme restrictions, and do not consistently block private addresses. A malicious or compromised remote MCP server can place a resource_metadata URL in WWW-Authenticate for ParseWWWAuthenticate to extract, after which FetchResourceMetadata, OIDC issuer discovery, and well-known discovery can issue GET requests to link-local, RFC1918, or other internal services outside the server's container. The user connects to a server that the user intends to use, but the server controls the internal destination; this path does not depend on the separate NAT64 guard omission because the affected clients did not invoke IsPrivateIP, and it differs from the DCR resolver path that already refused redirects. The demonstrated primitive reaches internal-only HTTP services and reachability or error oracles, and can retrieve AWS metadata credentials where IMDSv1 accepts an unauthenticated GET, while IMDSv2 and GCP metadata prerequisites are not satisfied by the demonstrated request. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.31.0.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00429 37th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed toolhive (stacklok): 0.31.0github.com/stacklok/toolhive (Go): 0.31.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
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
stackloktoolhivebefore 0.31.00.31.0Patch availableCNA
—github.com/stacklok/toolhive (Go)before 0.31.00.31.0Patch availableGHSA-pr64-jmmf-jp54
  • toolhive Vendorstacklok Affected before 0.31.0 Fixed in 0.31.0 Patch available CNA
  • github.com/stacklok/toolhive (Go) Vendor— Affected before 0.31.0 Fixed in 0.31.0 Patch available GHSA-pr64-jmmf-jp54

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA toolhive (stacklok) Fixed in 0.31.0
  • Fix · GHSA-pr64-jmmf-jp54 github.com/stacklok/toolhive (Go) Fixed in 0.31.0 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-58196
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pr64-jmmf-jp54

References

  • TI-2026-41912 ToolHive: containerized MCP servers can reach host services via host.docker.internal, enabling lateral movement CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2024-22541 Minder's Github Webhook Handler vulnerable to denial of service from un-validated requests CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2024-25220 Denial of service from maliciously configured Git repository in Minder CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.7
  • TI-2024-23307 Denial of service of Minder Server from maliciously crafted GitHub attestations CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
  • TI-2024-23266 Stacklok Minder vulnerable to denial of service from maliciously crafted templates CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
  • TI-2024-23259 Denial of service of Minder Server with attacker-controlled REST endpoint CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
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