Description
Chainlit is a Python framework for building production-ready conversational AI applications. From 2.4.0rc0 until 2.12.0, Chainlit deployments with features.mcp.enabled set to true in .chainlit/config.toml expose the POST /mcp endpoint without requiring authentication. For sse and streamable-http transports, ConnectSseMCPRequest and ConnectStreamableHttpMCPRequest in backend/chainlit/types.py accept a user-controlled url and optional headers dictionary without scheme validation, private-address filtering, or an allowlist. The connect_mcp handler in backend/chainlit/server.py passes these values to sse_client() or streamablehttp_client(), allowing the Chainlit server to make blind outbound requests to arbitrary internal or external services, including cloud metadata endpoints, with attacker-controlled Authorization and Cookie headers. The SSE URL sink has existed since 2.4.0rc0, while attacker-controlled header forwarding and streamable-http support were added in 2.6.4. The response is consumed internally and not returned, but the attacker can issue state-changing authenticated requests, discover internal services, scan ports, and probe metadata endpoints. This issue is fixed in version 2.12.0.
Published: 2026-08-25
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-hvfh-5mj3-5f3j Chainlist has SSRF via MCP SSE and streamable-http transports that allows unauthenticated internal network access
History

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 21:15:00 +0000

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Description Chainlit is a Python framework for building production-ready conversational AI applications. From 2.4.0rc0 until 2.12.0, Chainlit deployments with features.mcp.enabled set to true in .chainlit/config.toml expose the POST /mcp endpoint without requiring authentication. For sse and streamable-http transports, ConnectSseMCPRequest and ConnectStreamableHttpMCPRequest in backend/chainlit/types.py accept a user-controlled url and optional headers dictionary without scheme validation, private-address filtering, or an allowlist. The connect_mcp handler in backend/chainlit/server.py passes these values to sse_client() or streamablehttp_client(), allowing the Chainlit server to make blind outbound requests to arbitrary internal or external services, including cloud metadata endpoints, with attacker-controlled Authorization and Cookie headers. The SSE URL sink has existed since 2.4.0rc0, while attacker-controlled header forwarding and streamable-http support were added in 2.6.4. The response is consumed internally and not returned, but the attacker can issue state-changing authenticated requests, discover internal services, scan ports, and probe metadata endpoints. This issue is fixed in version 2.12.0.
Title Chainlit: SSRF via MCP SSE and streamable-http transports allows unauthenticated internal network access
Weaknesses CWE-918
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


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Chainlit Chainlit
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-25T19:20:59.339Z

Reserved: 2026-05-08T16:58:28.895Z

Link: CVE-2026-45019

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-25T20:16:55.910

Modified: 2026-08-25T20:16:55.910

Link: CVE-2026-45019

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-25T21:00:04Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-918

    Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)