
Vulnerability 2 — SSRF via dynamic discovery. CVE-2026-45609. HIGH severity. Spring AI mcp-security framework. Attacker hosts malicious MCP server. Victim client fetches unvalidated URLs from it. Client hits AWS IMDS at 169.254.169.254. IAM credentials walk out the door.
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CVE-2026-45609 is a high‑severity SSRF vulnerability in Spring AI mcp-security framework that allows an attacker to host a malicious MCP server, causing a victim client to reach AWS IMDS and exfiltrate IAM credentials; no exploitation reports, patch, or PoC were provided.
