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CVE-2026-108714: MCP Kotlin SDK through 0.15.0 Memory Exhaustion via Application.mcpWebSocket

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-10-11 · updated 2026-10-16
• Weakness: CWE-770

Description

MCP Kotlin SDK through 0.15.0 contains an uncontrolled memory allocation vulnerability that allows remote clients to exhaust server memory because Application.mcpWebSocket installs Ktor WebSockets without a maxFrameSize limit. Attackers can send small frame headers declaring payloads near 2 GiB over one or a few connections, forcing huge heap allocations and causing denial of service.

Affected products

• modelcontextprotocol kotlin-sdk: through 0.15.0

References

• https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/kotlin-sdk
• https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/kotlin-sdk/blob/0.15.0/kotlin-sdk-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/io/modelcontextprotocol/kotlin/sdk/shared/WebSocketMcpTransport.kt#L60-L85
• https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/kotlin-sdk/blob/0.15.0/kotlin-sdk-server/src/commonMain/kotlin/io/modelcontextprotocol/kotlin/sdk/server/WebSocketMcpKtorServerExtensions.kt#L41-L63
• https://hackmd.io/@haind/mcp-kotlin-sdk-websocket-frame-allocation-dos
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/mcp-kotlin-sdk-through-0.15.0-memory-exhaustion-via-application-mcpwebsocket

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