CVE-2026-32871
fastmcp: FastMCP: Authenticated Server-Side Request Forgery via path traversal in OpenAPI path parameters
Severity by source
Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, GHSA. Rated lower by Red Hat (high).
Description
FastMCP is a Pythonic way to build MCP servers and clients. Prior to version 3.2.0, the OpenAPIProvider in FastMCP exposes internal APIs to MCP clients by parsing OpenAPI specifications. The RequestDirector class is responsible for constructing HTTP requests to the backend service. A vulnerability exists in the _build_url() method. When an OpenAPI operation defines path parameters (e.g., /api/v1/users/{user_id}), the system directly substitutes parameter values into the URL template string without URL-encoding. Subsequently, urllib.parse.urljoin() resolves the final URL. Since urljoin() interprets ../ sequences as directory traversal, an attacker controlling a path parameter can perform path traversal attacks to escape the intended API prefix and access arbitrary backend endpoints. This results in authenticated SSRF, as requests are sent with the authorization headers configured in the MCP provider. This issue has been patched in version 3.2.0.
Affected packages and fixed versions
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| pip::GitHub Security Advisory pip | fastmcp | 3.2.0 |
| chainguard | mcp-atlassian | 0.23.0-r0 |
| echo pip::Echo OSV | fastmcp | 2.14.5+echo.1 |
| Red Hat | satellite/foreman-mcp-server-rhel9 | no fix listed |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36350
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-32871
- https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-32871
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2454434
- https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp
- https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp/commit/40bdfb6b1de0ce30609ee9ba5bb95ecd04a9fb71
- https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp/pull/3507
- https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp/releases/tag/v3.2.0
All 15 references
- https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp/security/advisories/GHSA-vv7q-7jx5-f767
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vv7q-7jx5-f767
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/fastmcp/PYSEC-2026-338.yaml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32871
- https://pypi.org/project/fastmcp
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-32871.json
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-32871