Vulnerability in Lfprojects Mcp Go Sdk
CVE-2026-27896
The Go MCP SDK used Go's standard encoding/json.Unmarshal for JSON-RPC and MCP protocol message parsing in versions prior to 1.3.1. Go's standard library performs case-insensitive matching of JSON keys to struct field tags — a field tagged json:"method" would also match "Method", "METHOD", etc. This violated the JSON-RPC 2.0 specification, which defines exact field names. A malicious MCP peer may have been able to send protocol messages with non-standard field casing that the SDK would silently accept. This had the potential for bypassing intermediary inspection and coss-implementation inconsistency. Go's standard JSON unmarshaling was replaced with a case-sensitive decoder in commit 7b8d81c. Users are advised to update to v1.3.1 to resolve this issue.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (37.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 37th percentile — 37.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.005 · change: +0.002
Affected products
- Lfprojects Mcp Go Sdk
- Modelcontextprotocol Go-Sdk — versions < 1.3.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/go-sdk/security/advisories/GHSA-wvj2-96wp-fq3f (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/go-sdk/commit/7b8d81c264074404abdf5aa16e2cf0c2d9c64cc0 (Patch)
- 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
- 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
- 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-27896?
- CVE-2026-27896 is a high-severity vulnerability in Lfprojects Mcp Go Sdk, classified under Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-02-26.
- How severe is CVE-2026-27896?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.