CVE
IBM ContextForge MCP Gateway access control bypass in configuration import
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Exploited
- No known exploitation
- Fix
- Fix or patch referenced
- Who is exposed
- Not reported
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- Published
- Last modified
- Whether it needs action now or is a reference record, by fixed rules, with why. Last checked is when cve.now last re-read it.What do these mean? →
- Reference
- Last checked
- A 0-100 score for how much a CVE matters across the industry: exploitation, exposure, how widely the software is used, severity and whether a fix exists.What do these mean? →
- 7/100 · provisional
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
Summary
Remotely, a user who already holds a team-scoped import permission can overwrite the endpoint URL, headers, and credentials of public tools, resources, and prompts owned by other tenants in IBM ContextForge MCP Gateway versions 1.0.0 through 1.0.11 (version numbers omitted per page rules), redirecting later AI gateway calls to an attacker-controlled host. Because login with high privileges is required, exploitation is harder than for unauthenticated bugs.
Written by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5 from the sources below. Verify against them.
Original description
IBM ContextForge MCP Gateway 1.0.0 through 1.0.11 is vulnerable to improper access control in the bulk import path. A remote authenticated attacker holding a team-scoped admin.import permission can overwrite the endpoint URL, request headers, and authentication credentials of public tools, resources, and prompts owned by other tenants by sending a crafted POST request to /v1/import with conflict_strategy=update, redirecting subsequent AI gateway invocations to an attacker-controlled host.
cve.now Index
- Exploitation?/40Unknown. No CISA SSVC exploitation rating yet
- Exposure3/25Reachable over the network · Unknown: No advisory context yet
- Reach?/20Unknown. No tracked technology or package matched
- Severity4.1/10CVSS 4.1
- No patch0/5No signal
What would change the score
- Would score about 62 if added to CISA KEV
- Would score about 57 if CISA's SSVC rates exploitation active
- Would score about 26 if advisories confirm default setups are exposed
What to do
Apply the patch listed under Evidence.
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What cve.now has for CVE-2026-110178 (entry last updated 2026-11-13):
Affected:
- IBM ContextForge MCP Gateway: from 1.0.0, through 1.0.11
Fixed versions: none listed yet.
Setup: unknown whether the bug needs a non-default feature or setting. Check the advisory.
CISA KEV: CVE-2026-110178 is not listed as of cve.now's last read.
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- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7296701
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Entry: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-110178
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- CVE published
- First seen by cve.now
Affected versions
- IBM ContextForge MCP Gateway
From 1.0.0 · through 1.0.11
Evidence 3
Vendor advisory · 1
Establishes: Affected and fixed versions.
- Patch
CVE record · 2
Establishes: The identifier and description.
- Record
- Record
Corrections
None so far.
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Questions about CVE-2026-110178
Is CVE-2026-110178 being exploited?
It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.Source: cve.now feed data
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-110178?
ContextForge MCP Gateway: from 1.0.0 through 1.0.11.Source: cve.now feed data