Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessObtain valid single-tag OAuth token
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DeliverySubmit negated tag-filter 'not <granted-tag>'
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ExploitBypass tag-scope enforcement check
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ExecutionList/invoke out-of-scope backend tools
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ImpactAccess unauthorized MCP server capabilities
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization logic validation
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires the attacker to already hold a valid, authenticated OAuth token scoped to at least one tag (PR:L) on a 1MCP Agent instance running version 0.20.0 through 0.39.0, and the deployment must use OAuth tag-scope enforcement with the advanced tag-filter feature that supports negation ('not <tag>'). The concrete prerequisite is the ability to supply a negated advanced tag-filter expression to the tool list/invoke endpoints; the vulnerable logic sits in scopeAuthMiddleware.ts and inspectHelpers.ts. Limiting factors: this is only meaningful in multi-tenant or multi-scope gateway configurations where different clients are granted different tag scopes over multiple backend MCP servers - a single-scope or single-tenant deployment exposes nothing extra, and an attacker with no valid token cannot reach the flaw at all. |
| Impact | This is a medium-severity authorization flaw (CVSS 4.0 base 5.3) and the vendor vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N is internally consistent with the description: network-reachable, low attack complexity, but requiring an already-authenticated client (PR:L) holding a valid single-tag OAuth token. The real-world risk is bounded by that authentication requirement - this is a privilege/scope-escalation issue for existing legitimate clients, not an anonymous remote compromise. No EPSS score was provided in the input, no CISA KEV listing is present, and no POC flag was supplied, so by the precision rules this is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis'; however, the referenced hackmd write-up and the two pinpointed source-code lines (scopeAuthMiddleware.ts and inspectHelpers.ts) publicly document the exact bypass technique ('not <granted-tag>'), which is trivially reproducible without tooling - note this is disclosure of the method, not a confirmed weaponized exploit, and the two signals should not be conflated. The impact is capped at low confidentiality and low integrity (VC:L/VI:L) with no availability impact, reflecting that an attacker can enumerate and invoke tools on out-of-scope backend MCP servers but within the capabilities those tools expose. Net assessment: a legitimate, patch-worthy authorization bug for anyone running 1MCP Agent as a multi-tenant/multi-scope gateway, but not an emergency-priority internet-wide threat; the low product prevalence further reduces aggregate risk. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A client is issued a narrowly-scoped OAuth token granting access to only one tag (e.g. a single backend MCP server) on a shared 1MCP Agent gateway. Instead of requesting that tag, the client submits an advanced tag-filter of the form 'not <granted-tag>', which the scope-enforcement middleware fails to evaluate correctly, returning and permitting invocation of tools on every other backend server the client was never authorized to reach. The negated-filter technique is publicly described in the referenced hackmd advisory, making reproduction straightforward for any authenticated user. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 10, 2026
OAuth tag-scope enforcement bypass in 1MCP Agent 0.20.0 through 0.39.0 lets an authenticated client holding a valid single-tag OAuth token list and invoke tools on backend MCP servers outside its granted scopes by supplying a negated advanced tag-filter expression such as 'not <granted-tag>'. The flaw is rated medium severity (vendor CVSS 4.0 base 5.3, assessed CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N) and requires both a valid token (PR:L) and a multi-scope or multi-tenant gateway configuration using OAuth tag-scope enforcement with negation-capable filters, limiting overall impact to low confidentiality and integrity effects. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no CISA KEV confirmation; exploitation depends on the attacker already holding a scoped OAuth token.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis; the provided references point to the vulnerable v0.39.0 source, so a fixed version has not been confirmed. Until a patch is available, disable the advanced tag-filter negation capability, or the advanced tag-filter feature entirely, on any 1MCP Agent instance relying on OAuth tag scoping - this blocks the bypass but removes legitimate negation-based filtering for all clients. If negation must remain enabled, isolate deployments so each gateway instance is limited to a single tag scope per OAuth client, preventing a single-tag token from enumerating other scopes; this reduces blast radius at the cost of additional gateway instances and operational overhead. Where code changes are possible, normalize or reject negated tag predicates server-side before authorization evaluation in scopeAuthMiddleware/inspectHelpers, and monitor tool list/invoke requests for filters containing 'not' that reference the caller's own granted tag. Consult the project repository at https://github.com/1mcp-app/agent, the advisory at https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/1mcp-agent-0.20.0-through-0.39.0-oauth-tag-scope-bypass-via-negated-tag-filter, and the analysis at https://hackmd.io/@haind/1mcp-negated-tag-filter-oauth-scope-bypass for updated guidance and any released fix version.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The vulnerability sits in the OAuth authorization middleware of the 1MCP Agent, an MCP gateway/proxy, specifically in scopeAuthMiddleware.ts (lines 163-183) and inspectHelpers.ts (lines 79-102) as shipped in v0.39.0. These components evaluate 'advanced tag-filter' expressions attached to tool list/invoke requests, comparing requested tags against the tag scope granted to the caller's OAuth token. The code handles simple tag predicates correctly but does not normalize or correctly account for negation, so a filter like 'not <granted-tag>' matches tools that lack the granted tag and inverts the intended authorization decision, letting an authenticated single-tag token reach backend MCP servers outside its scope. This is CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization): authorization is performed on raw filter semantics rather than a normalized server-side predicate. The assessed CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N is consistent with the vendor CVSS:4.0 vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - network-reachable and low-complexity once a valid token exists, but only meaningful in multi-scope/multi-tenant deployments and producing limited confidentiality/integrity impact.
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Network-reachable endpoint with low complexity but requires a valid single-tag OAuth token (PR:L); impact is low confidentiality and integrity from accessing out-of-scope tools, no availability effect, scope unchanged per vendor.
Primary rating from Vendor (VulnCheck).
CVSS VectorVendor: VulnCheck
DescriptionCVE.org
1MCP Agent (@1mcp/agent) 0.20.0 through 0.39.0 contains an incorrect authorization vulnerability that allows authenticated clients to bypass OAuth tag-scope enforcement using negated advanced tag-filter expressions. Attackers holding a single-tag token can send a filter like not <granted-tag> to list and invoke tools on backend MCP servers outside their granted scopes.
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
EUVD-2026-96373
GHSA-w2j7-xxh9-9q67
NVD
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