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GHSA-GQJQ-CGXR-8C7C

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-14 12:31 – Updated: 2026-09-14 12:31

Details

Bifrost registers MCP clients through its management API. A stdio client is a command plus args. Bifrost starts that program in the gateway the moment the client is added. No MCP handshake required.

The default is governance.auth_config.is_enabled=false. Auth off means every caller is a local admin. One unauthenticated POST /api/mcp/client is enough to run a program as the Bifrost process user (appuser on the official image).

transports/v2.1.0 refuses an unauthenticated stdio registration with 403. transports/v2.0.0 still allows it.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2026-90898 (GCVE-0-2026-90898)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-14 10:18 – Updated: 2026-09-14 11:19

Title

Bifrost unauthenticated remote code execution via MCP stdio client registration

Summary

Bifrost registers MCP clients through its management API. A stdio client is a command plus args. Bifrost starts that program in the gateway the moment the client is added. No MCP handshake required. The default is governance.auth_config.is_enabled=false. Auth off means every caller is a local admin. One unauthenticated POST /api/mcp/client is enough to run a program as the Bifrost process user (appuser on the official image). transports/v2.1.0 refuses an unauthenticated stdio registration with 403. transports/v2.0.0 still allows it.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-09-14 11:01 UTC

CWE

CWE-306 - Missing Authentication for Critical Function
CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Assigner

JFROG mitre root

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/maximhq/bifrost/pull/6757	patch
https://github.com/maximhq/bifrost/commit/12e1703…	patch
https://github.com/maximhq/bifrost/releases/tag/t…	release-notes
https://github.com/maximhq/bifrost	product

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
maximhq	Bifrost	Affected: 0 , < 2.1.0 (semver)

Credits

Yuval Moravchick | JFrog

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