CVE-2026-14541 PUBLISHED

Authentication Bypass and Audience Confusion in MCP Toolbox OAuth Provider

Assigner: Google
Reserved: 03.07.2026 Published: 31.07.2026 Updated: 31.07.2026

An authentication bypass and audience confusion vulnerability exists in the Google OAuth provider component of Google mcp-toolbox version 1.4.0. When a Google authService is initialized with mcpEnabled: true but lacks an explicitly defined audience or clientId, the ValidateMCPAuth pipeline for opaque tokens skips audience validation entirely. As a result, the toolbox will accept any valid Google OAuth access token—even those minted for unrelated ecosystem applications—granting unauthorized clients access to protected tools and data backends.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
CVSS Score: 8

Product Status

Vendor Google
Product mcp-toolbox
Versions Default: unaffected
  • Version 1.4.0 is affected

Credits

  • HE WEI (ギカク) finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-287 (Improper Authentication) CWE

Impacts

  • CAPEC-115 Authentication Bypass