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CVE-2026-110279 IBM ContextForge MCP Gateway is affected by an improper authentication vulnerability

8.1 high

High (8.1) in ibm contextforge mcp gateway.

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IBM ContextForge MCP Gateway 1.0.0 through 1.1.0 is vulnerable to improper credential handling because the X-Upstream-Authorization request header can override the gateway-managed upstream credential for OAuth (authorization_code and client_credentials), bearer and basic authenticated gateways, which could allow an authenticated user to cause upstream requests to be made with a different credential and bypass per-user permission and audit attribution.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

8.1 high
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
CWE-287 Improper Authentication
OWASP Top 10
A07:2025 Authentication Failures
Published
Modified
Assigned by
ibm (CNA)
NVD analysis
Awaiting analysis
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the NVD, synced

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Affected

  • ibm:contextforge mcp gateway

Versions

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ProductAffected
IBM ContextForge MCP Gatewayfrom 1.0.0 through 1.1.0

Attack patterns (CAPEC)

  • CAPEC-22 Exploiting Trust in Client Likelihood: High · Severity: High
  • CAPEC-57 Utilizing REST's Trust in the System Resource to Obtain Sensitive Data Likelihood: Medium · Severity: Very High
  • CAPEC-94 Adversary in the Middle (AiTM) Likelihood: High · Severity: Very High
  • CAPEC-114 Authentication Abuse Severity: Medium
  • CAPEC-115 Authentication Bypass Severity: Medium
  • CAPEC-151 Identity Spoofing Likelihood: Medium · Severity: Medium
  • CAPEC-194 Fake the Source of Data Severity: Medium
  • CAPEC-593 Session Hijacking Likelihood: High · Severity: Very High
  • CAPEC-633 Token Impersonation Severity: Medium
  • CAPEC-650 Upload a Web Shell to a Web Server Severity: High

The attack patterns MITRE's CAPEC relates to this record's weaknesses, as MITRE names them. Credits.

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