MCP Context Forge is an MCP gateway and administrative platform
IBM · mcp-context-forge
MCP Context Forge is an MCP gateway and administrative platform. Prior to 1.0.2, mcpgateway/config.py and .env.example ship a known JWT_SECRET_KEY, while verify_jwt_token() accepts HS256 tokens signed with that key and get_current_user() creates a platform administrator when the token subject matches PLATFORM_ADMIN_EMAIL and REQUIRE_USER_IN_DB is false. A remote unauthenticated attacker can therefore mint accepted administrator tokens without a database account. While the vulnerable signing key remains configured and the platform-admin bootstrap remains enabled, forged access survives password rotation, account deletion, and session revocation, allowing administrative disclosure, modification, and service disruption. This issue is fixed in version 1.0.2.
- Exploited
- Not confirmed
- Reports
- 0
- Tactics
- 0/15
Exploitation timelineDated milestones for a CVE: when it was disclosed, when exploit code became public, when exploitation was confirmed, and when threat reports named it.
Disclosed on 13 Oct 2026. No public exploit code or confirmed exploitation is recorded.
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No techniques linkedNo ATT&CK techniques are linked to this CVE yet. MITRE CTID has not mapped it, and no report passage in the corpus ties it to a technique.
What security researchers reported
Not named in any threat report yetAlso mentioned in 8 community threat pulses (AlienVault OTX)
Weaker evidencePulses are indicator collections that anyone can publish. A mention is not confirmation of exploitation.
- Known_Cve | Oct 22, 2026 | Part 1/421 Oct 2026
- Known_Cve | Oct 21, 2026 | Part 2/420 Oct 2026
- Known_Cve | Oct 20, 2026 | Part 2/419 Oct 2026
- Known_Cve | Oct 19, 2026 | Part 2/418 Oct 2026
- Known_Cve | Oct 18, 2026 | Part 2/417 Oct 2026
- Known_Cve | Oct 17, 2026 | Part 2/416 Oct 2026
- 2 more on OTX