CVE-2026-49291mcp-memory-service: OAuth read-only clients can write and delete memories through MCP tools/call
- 8.1HighCVSS base score
- 0.49%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 57% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
mcp-memory-service is a semantic memory layer for AI applications. Prior to version 10.65.3, the HTTP MCP JSON-RPC endpoint at `/mcp` requires only OAuth `read` scope for all requests, then dispatches `tools/call` directly to handlers that include mutating tools. A read-only OAuth client can call `store_memory` and `delete_memory` through MCP even though the corresponding REST endpoints require `write` scope. Version 10.65.3 patches the issue.
Timeline
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By GitHub_M
- 22 days later
· 22 days later
Published
- 3 days later
· 3 days later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.49% · top 57% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.1.
Affected products
- affected < 10.65.3
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPImcp-memory-serviceGHSA-2r68-g678-7qr3 (opens in a new tab)
References
References3
- https://web.archive.org/web/20260508112116/https://github.com/doobidoo/mcp-memory-service/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/doobidoo/mcp-memory-service/security/advisories/GHSA-2r68-g678-7qr3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://pypi.org/project/mcp-memory-service/10.65.3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-38058 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-2r68-g678-7qr3 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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