Protection Mechanism Failure Affecting mcp-contextforge-gateway package, versions [,1.0.2)
Threat Intelligence
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- published27 Sept 2026
- disclosed24 Aug 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 24 Aug 2026
CVE-2026-53710 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade mcp-contextforge-gateway to version 1.0.2 or higher.
Overview
mcp-contextforge-gateway is a ContextForge AI Gateway — an AI gateway, registry, and proxy for MCP, A2A, and REST/gRPC APIs. Exposes a unified control plane with centralized governance, discovery, and observability. Optimizes agent and tool calling, and supports plugins.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Protection Mechanism Failure via the python_sandbox_server process. An attacker can execute arbitrary operating system commands by submitting crafted payloads that exploit exposed built-in functions and bypass code validation checks through the HTTP endpoint.