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Research on Mapping Insecure MCP Servers Reveals Vulnerabilities

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gepeto42

10mo ago· 4 min readenNews
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Summary

A research team led by Knostic mapped 1,862 internet-exposed MCP servers using Shodan and custom Python tools, revealing insecure servers lacking authentication.

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All servers we discovered were insecure and revealed their capabilities to anyone asking.
100 % lacked auth, revealing immature and risky GenAI endpoints.
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Knostic mapped 1,862 internet-exposed MCP servers via Shodan. 100 % lacked auth, revealing immature and risky GenAI endpoints.

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