Vulnerability · Published Aug 7, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2026-19244HKUDS nanobot MCP enabledTools Scope mcp.py connect_mcp_servers access control

Medium 4.7

In plain English

A medium-severity improper access control in nanobot from HKUDS. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 41% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.7Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 58.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability was detected in HKUDS nanobot up to 0.2.1. The affected element is the function connect_mcp_servers of the file nanobot/agent/tools/mcp.py of the component MCP enabledTools Scope Handler. Performing a manipulation results in improper access controls. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The exploit is now public and may be used. Upgrading to version 0.3.0 is sufficient to fix this issue. The patch is named 4436. You should upgrade the affected component. Multiple issues were reported to the project. They reacted with a high level of professionalism and kindness: "Both reports describe the same root cause: MCP resource and prompt wrappers could be registered outside the intended enabledTools scope. The registration boundary was corrected".

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
HKUDS nanobot 0.2.00.2.1

Weakness: CWE-284, CWE-266 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

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