Tool execution hijacking via ambiguous MCP names
Published Mar 7, 2026 · Updated Mar 7, 2026
Tool execution hijacking in Tencent WeKnora before 0.3.0 allows remote authenticated users to redirect tool calls through a malicious MCP server. The MCP client joins sanitized service and tool names as mcp_{service}_{tool}, while ToolRegistry.RegisterTool silently overwrites an existing entry and returns unsanitized tool output to the LLM. Exploitation requires a user to register and invoke an attacker-controlled MCP service in the collision-producing order; success exposes prompts and context and can invoke tools with that user's privileges.
Summary
What happened
Tool execution hijacking in Tencent WeKnora before 0.3.0 allows remote authenticated users to redirect tool calls through a malicious MCP server. The MCP client joins sanitized service and tool names as mcp_{service}_{tool}, while ToolRegistry.RegisterTool silently overwrites an existing entry and returns unsanitized tool output to the LLM. Exploitation requires a user to register and invoke an attacker-controlled MCP service in the collision-producing order; success exposes prompts and context and can invoke tools with that user's privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-30856
- Published
- Mar 7, 2026
- Updated
- Mar 7, 2026
- Vendor
- Tencent
- Product
- WeKnora
- Classifications
- CWE-706, T1204
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 7, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 7, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=< 0.3.0
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