CVE-2025-59163: vet MCP Server SSE Transport DNS Rebinding Vulnerability

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SafeDep vet is vulnerable to a DNS rebinding attack due to lack of HTTP Host and Origin header validation.

To exploit this vulnerability following conditions must be met:

  1. A vet scan is executed and reports are saved as sqlite3 database
  2. A vet MCP server is running on default port with SSE transport that has access to the report database
  3. The attacker lures the victim to attacker controlled website
  4. Attacker leverages DNS rebinding to access vet SSE server on 127.0.0.1 through the website
  5. Attacker uses MCP tools to read information from report database

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