CVE-2026-59951

The MCP Python SDK, called mcp on PyPI, is a Python implementation of the Model Context Protocol (MCP). From 1.8.0 until 1.30.0 and 2.2.0, stateful Streamable HTTP servers, including FastMCP, MCPServer, Server.streamable_http_app(), and StreamableHTTPSessionManager, retain session entries without an idle expiration or aggregate session-count limit. DELETE, refused opening requests, and completed sessions do not reliably discard their entries, and each entry can retain parsed initialize parameters. A client that can reach the endpoint can therefore create ordinary short requests that grow server memory without bound until restart. Stateless HTTP, stdio, and SSE transports are not affected. This issue is fixed in versions 1.30.0 and 2.2.0.

The MCP Python SDK, called mcp on PyPI, is a Python implementation of the Model Context Protocol (MCP). From 1.8.0 until 1.30.0 and 2.2.0, stateful Streamable HTTP servers, including FastMCP, MCPServer, Server.streamable_http_app(), and StreamableHTTPSessionManager, retain session entries without an idle expiration or aggregate session-count limit. DELETE, refused opening requests, and completed sessions do not reliably discard their entries, and each entry can retain parsed initialize parameters. A client that can reach the endpoint can therefore create ordinary short requests that grow server memory without bound until restart. Stateless HTTP, stdio, and SSE transports are not affected. This issue is fixed in versions 1.30.0 and 2.2.0.

Summary

In affected versions, a Streamable HTTP server in stateful mode (the default) never reclaimed session state:

• sessions did not expire;
• a client DELETE ended the session but left its entry registered;
• a session whose first request was refused stayed registered with a running task.

Each session also kept its parsed initialize parameters, and the number of sessions was unlimited. A client that could reach the endpoint could grow server memory without bound using ordinary short requests; only a restart reclaimed it.

Am I affected?

Yes, if you serve MCP over Streamable HTTP in stateful mode and clients you do not fully trust can reach the endpoint. Stateful mode is the default for:

• FastMCP (1.x)
• MCPServer and Server.streamable_http_app() (2.x)
• StreamableHTTPSessionManager

Affected versions: 1.8.0 through 1.29.1, and 2.0.0 through 2.1.1.

Not affected:

• servers on 1.12.0 or later passing stateless_http=True (no sessions are kept)
• servers using only the stdio or SSE transports

Authentication limits who can open sessions, not how many a token holder can open.

Fix

Upgrade to mcp 1.30.0 (1.x) or 2.2.0 (2.x) or later. In those versions:

• a session with no request in flight for session_idle_timeout seconds (default 1800) is closed and its ID then answers 404; open streams and in-progress requests keep it alive;
• at most max_sessions sessions exist at once (default 10000); a request that would open another is answered 503;
• a session is discarded as soon as it ends, whether by DELETE, expiry, or a refused opening request.

Both settings are keyword arguments on FastMCP(...) (1.x), MCPServer.run() / streamable_http_app() (2.x) and StreamableHTTPSessionManager; None disables them.

This bounds retention rather than eliminating it: a live session still holds its initialize parameters (up to roughly twice the 4 MiB body limit), and an initialize with invalid parameters still opens a session that expires like any other. On a small host, lower session_idle_timeout, max_sessions and max_request_body_size to fit.

If you cannot upgrade yet, pass stateless_http=True (1.12.0 or later) where you need no per-session state, or restrict who can reach the endpoint.

The MCP Python SDK, called mcp on PyPI, is a Python implementation of the Model Context Protocol (MCP). From 1.8.0 until 1.30.0 and 2.2.0, stateful Streamable HTTP servers, including FastMCP, MCPServer, Server.streamable_http_app(), and StreamableHTTPSessionManager, retain session entries without an idle expiration or aggregate session-count limit. DELETE, refused opening requests, and completed sessions do not reliably discard their entries, and each entry can retain parsed initialize parameters. A client that can reach the endpoint can therefore create ordinary short requests that grow server memory without bound until restart. Stateless HTTP, stdio, and SSE transports are not affected. This issue is fixed in versions 1.30.0 and 2.2.0.

The MCP Python SDK, called mcp on PyPI, is a Python implementation of the Model Context Protocol (MCP). From 1.8.0 until 1.30.0 and 2.2.0, stateful Streamable HTTP servers, including FastMCP, MCPServer, Server.streamable_http_app(), and StreamableHTTPSessionManager, retain session entries without an idle expiration or aggregate session-count limit. DELETE, refused opening requests, and completed sessions do not reliably discard their entries, and each entry can retain parsed initialize parameters. A client that can reach the endpoint can therefore create ordinary short requests that grow server memory without bound until restart. Stateless HTTP, stdio, and SSE transports are not affected. This issue is fixed in versions 1.30.0 and 2.2.0.

Summary

In affected versions, a Streamable HTTP server in stateful mode (the default) never reclaimed session state:

• sessions did not expire;
• a client DELETE ended the session but left its entry registered;
• a session whose first request was refused stayed registered with a running task.

Each session also kept its parsed initialize parameters, and the number of sessions was unlimited. A client that could reach the endpoint could grow server memory without bound using ordinary short requests; only a restart reclaimed it.

Am I affected?

Yes, if you serve MCP over Streamable HTTP in stateful mode and clients you do not fully trust can reach the endpoint. Stateful mode is the default for:

• FastMCP (1.x)
• MCPServer and Server.streamable_http_app() (2.x)
• StreamableHTTPSessionManager

Affected versions: 1.8.0 through 1.29.1, and 2.0.0 through 2.1.1.

Not affected:

• servers on 1.12.0 or later passing stateless_http=True (no sessions are kept)
• servers using only the stdio or SSE transports

Authentication limits who can open sessions, not how many a token holder can open.

Fix

Upgrade to mcp 1.30.0 (1.x) or 2.2.0 (2.x) or later. In those versions:

• a session with no request in flight for session_idle_timeout seconds (default 1800) is closed and its ID then answers 404; open streams and in-progress requests keep it alive;
• at most max_sessions sessions exist at once (default 10000); a request that would open another is answered 503;
• a session is discarded as soon as it ends, whether by DELETE, expiry, or a refused opening request.

Both settings are keyword arguments on FastMCP(...) (1.x), MCPServer.run() / streamable_http_app() (2.x) and StreamableHTTPSessionManager; None disables them.

This bounds retention rather than eliminating it: a live session still holds its initialize parameters (up to roughly twice the 4 MiB body limit), and an initialize with invalid parameters still opens a session that expires like any other. On a small host, lower session_idle_timeout, max_sessions and max_request_body_size to fit.

If you cannot upgrade yet, pass stateless_http=True (1.12.0 or later) where you need no per-session state, or restrict who can reach the endpoint.

These are all security issues fixed in the python313-mcp-1.30.0-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.