CVE-2026-110195

IBM ContextForge MCP Gateway is affected by an authorization bypass vulnerability

  • Medium 5.4

Description

IBM ContextForge MCP Gateway 1.0.0 through 1.0.11 could allow an authenticated caller to bypass upstream credential-level authorization policies due to an insufficiently specific cache key in the RFC 8693 token exchange cache, enabling reuse of cached upstream bearer tokens across different credentials belonging to the same user.

Key facts

Published
13 Nov 2026
Last changed
13 Nov 2026
Assigned by
ibm
EPSS
0.231% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 14.037% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)

Severity scores

Each score is shown as its source gave it. They are not averaged or merged.

  • 5.4CVSS 3.1, Mediumfrom the CNA (ibm)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

What to do

  • IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now. Product(s)Version(s) number and/or range Remediation/Fix/InstructionsIBM ContextForge MCP Gatewayv1.1.0Install or upgrade to v1.1.0 [ v1.1.0 Release Notes https://github.com/IBM/mcp-context-forge/releases/tag/v1.1.0 ]CNA solution statement
  • IBM strongly recommends upgrading to the fixed version. If this cannot be done, ensure authorization policies for upstream MCP servers assign identical scopes and permissions to all credential types (interactive session JWTs and API tokens) for a given account, or avoid configuring OAuth token exchange with `subject_token_source=inbound_user_jwt` across mixed credential types until the gateway is updated.CNA workaround statement

Historical context and remediation

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No separately sourced impact summary is available on this page yet. Consult the description, version data and dated exploitation evidence.

Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.

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Affected products

VendorProductVersions
IBMContextForge MCP Gateway
  • 1.0.0 up to and including 1.0.11 (affected)

Timeline

  1. 13 Nov 2026 Published

Weakness

References