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.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

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Vendor Product Default status Versions
modelcontextprotocol kotlin-sdk unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected ≤ 0.15.0

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https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/kotlin-sdk cve-icon cve-icon
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 cve-icon cve-icon
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 cve-icon cve-icon
https://hackmd.io/@haind/mcp-kotlin-sdk-websocket-frame-allocation-dos cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/mcp-kotlin-sdk-through-0.15.0-memory-exhaustion-via-application-mcpwebsocket cve-icon cve-icon
History

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 12:45:00 +0000

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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.
Title MCP Kotlin SDK through 0.15.0 Memory Exhaustion via Application.mcpWebSocket
Weaknesses CWE-770
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-11T12:19:27.291Z

Reserved: 2026-10-11T01:51:48.616Z

Link: CVE-2026-108714

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-11T13:17:14.430

Modified: 2026-10-11T13:17:14.430

Link: CVE-2026-108714

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Updated: 2026-10-11T13:30:19Z

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