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High · 8.0 CVE-2026-14541 EUVD-2026-51381GHSA-656w-qf75-c5gf

Authentication Bypass and Audience Confusion in MCP Toolbox OAuth Provider

Published Jul 31, 2026 · Updated Jul 31, 2026 · Assigned by Google

Description

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Google mcp-toolbox 1.4.0 —

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