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CVE-2026-55605: @arikusi/deepseek-mcp-server: Missing Authentication on Self-Hosted HTTP MCP Endpoint

August 25, 2026

The self-hosted HTTP transport of @arikusi/deepseek-mcp-server exposes POST /mcp without any authentication: createMcpExpressApp is called without an authProvider and no middleware guards the route, so any network-reachable client can issue an unauthenticated initialize request and obtain a valid MCP session identifier. In reproduced testing against commit 5e1302171e99, an unauthenticated client was able to initialize a session, enumerate tools, and invoke the local deepseek_sessions tool with no credentials. The same unauthenticated session also exposes deepseek_chat, whose handler uses the server-side DEEPSEEK_API_KEY when self-hosted deployments configure one.

This issue applies to self-hosted HTTP mode, not the separately documented hosted BYOK endpoint in README.md, which expects an Authorization: Bearer ... header. Upstream self-hosted container assets enable HTTP mode by default (Dockerfile) and publish port 3000 (docker-compose.yml).

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-72f3-6w86-7rv3
  • github.com/arikusi/deepseek-mcp-server/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md
  • github.com/arikusi/deepseek-mcp-server/commit/dab07ed93ddde0ab219d4cb7066785847db53a32
  • github.com/arikusi/deepseek-mcp-server/pull/4
  • github.com/arikusi/deepseek-mcp-server/releases/tag/v1.8.0
  • github.com/arikusi/deepseek-mcp-server/security/advisories/GHSA-72f3-6w86-7rv3
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55605

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 1.4.2 before 1.8.0

Fixed versions

  • 1.8.0

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.8.0 or above.

Impact 5.3 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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Weakness

  • CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function

Source file

npm/@arikusi/deepseek-mcp-server/CVE-2026-55605.yml

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