Vulnerability  ·  2026-09-18

MCP Documentation Server — auto-started Web UI exposes document-management API without authentication

VulnerabilityMedium impactGlobalCVE-2026-54504
NVD/GHSA disclosed this CVSS 8.8 High vulnerability on Sept 17, 2026: a default-insecure network binding on a locally-intended documentation server for AI coding agents.
This is a narrow-footprint developer-tooling issue (single-author npm package for local AI-coding-agent document indexing), but it is a repeat instance of the same default-insecure-binding class already seen across multiple MCP servers this month, worth tracking as evidence of a systemic pattern in the MCP ecosystem.
The automatically-started Web UI listens on port 3080 across all network interfaces (0.0.0.0) rather than localhost by default, exposing document listing, search, read, add, and delete API endpoints to any client on the same network without credentials.
@andrea9293/mcp-documentation-server 1.13.0 - 1.13.1
Upgrade beyond 1.13.1; explicitly bind the Web UI to localhost or disable START_WEB_UI in production/shared-network environments.
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