CVE-2026-46519 PUBLISHED

mcp-server-kubernetes Affected By Tool Access Control Bypass: Presentation-Layer Filtering Without Execution-Layer Enforcement

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 14.05.2026 Published: 11.06.2026 Updated: 11.06.2026

mcp-server-kubernetes is a Model Context Protocol server for Kubernetes cluster management. Prior to version 3.6.0, mcp-server-kubernetes exposes three environment variables (ALLOW_ONLY_READONLY_TOOLS, ALLOW_ONLY_NON_DESTRUCTIVE_TOOLS, ALLOWED_TOOLS) documented as access controls for restricting which Kubernetes operations are available. These controls are enforced at the tool discovery layer (tools/list) but not at the execution layer (tools/call). Any client that knows a tool name can invoke it directly regardless of the configured restriction mode. The access control was effectively cosmetic. This issue has been patched in version 3.6.0.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 8.8

Product Status

Vendor Flux159
Product mcp-server-kubernetes
Versions
  • Version < 3.6.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization CWE