CVE-2026-53709

{
  "etk_id": "ETK-2026-1477",
  "cve_id": "CVE-2026-53709",
  "display_id": "CVE-2026-53709",
  "ghsa_id": "GHSA-m8rv-5m6m-32ff",
  "euvd_id": "EUVD-2026-98769",
  "status": "published",
  "anchor_state": "anchored",
  "title": "Hard-coded JWT signing key in mcp-context-forge",
  "summary": "mcp-context-forge versions before 1.0.2 include a publicly known default JWT signing key. A remote unauthenticated attacker could create administrator-authenticated tokens and alter, view, or disrupt platform resources when that key remains in use and the administrator bootstrap path is enabled without database user enforcement.",
  "mitigation": "Upgrade mcp-context-forge to version 1.0.2 or later. Replace any default JWT signing key, and disable administrator bootstrap or require users to exist in the database where operationally feasible.",
  "vendor": "IBM",
  "product": "mcp-context-forge",
  "affected": [
    {
      "affected_notes": [
        "⁠<= 1.0.1"
      ],
      "affected_ranges": [],
      "ecosystem": "pip",
      "fixed_versions": [
        ">= 1.0.2"
      ],
      "package_name": "mcp-contextforge-gateway",
      "purl": "pkg:pypi/mcp-contextforge-gateway"
    }
  ],
  "cwes": [
    287
  ],
  "cvss_score": 9.8,
  "cvss_src": "cna_vendor",
  "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
  "epss_score": 0.006,
  "epss_percentile": 0.4791,
  "epss_asof": "2026-10-20",
  "automation": "deterministic",
  "check": false,
  "check_confidence_basis": null,
  "exploit": false,
  "pipeline_minutes": 39.4619596,
  "t0_at": "2026-10-13T14:32:12.137000+00:00",
  "signals": {
    "trigger_signal": {
      "at": "2026-10-13T14:32:12.137000+00:00",
      "days": 0,
      "is_lower_bound": false,
      "measured_at": "2026-10-13T14:32:12.137000+00:00",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53709"
    }
  }
}