8.9High

CVE-2026-16496terraform-mcp-server vulnerable to cross-user credential inheritance if an MCP session ID is obtained by another user

HashiCorp Tooling Published: (3 months ago)

Description

The terraform-mcp-server before version 1.1.0 is vulnerable to an authorization bypass in the streamable-HTTP stateful transport mode that may allow a user who obtains another user's MCP session ID to have their tool calls executed using that user's Terraform credentials. This vulnerability, CVE-2026-16496, is fixed in terraform-mcp-server 1.1.0.

Weakness (CWE): CWE-384

Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.

Affected products and versions

VendorProductVersions
HashiCorp Tooling 0.3.0 – < 1.1.0

References and patches