CVE-2025-10193 (GCVE-0-2025-10193)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-11 14:05 – Updated: 2026-02-26 17:48
VLAI
Title
Neo4j Cypher MCP server is vulnerable to DNS rebinding attacks
Summary
DNS rebinding vulnerability in Neo4j Cypher MCP server allows malicious websites to bypass Same-Origin Policy protections and execute unauthorised tool invocations against locally running Neo4j MCP instances. The attack relies on the user being enticed to visit a malicious website and spend sufficient time there for DNS rebinding to succeed.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-09-12 03:56 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-346 - Origin Validation Error
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
neo4j neo4j-cypher MCP server Affected: 0.2.2 , ≤ 0.3.1 (semver)
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