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security(mcp): fix stdio dispatcher type confusion (Z-052) #935

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27 changes: 27 additions & 0 deletions internal/mcp/client.go
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Expand Up @@ -385,7 +385,34 @@ func (client *Client) readLoop() {
client.failAll(err)
return
}
// Explicit type validation: distinguish requests/notifications (have
// method) from responses (no method, has id). Only responses may be
// delivered to pending callers. Server-initiated requests must never be
// misdelivered as a response even when the id collides with a pending
// client request (Z-052).
if message.Method != "" {
if message.ID != nil {
// Server-initiated request: route to request handler and
// reply with method-not-found so the server does not hang.
// The client does not currently handle inbound requests, so
// every method is unknown. Log for diagnostics.
_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "[mcp] server request %q (id %v) not handled: replying method not found\n", message.Method, message.ID)

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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Do not write peer-controlled values to stderr.

message.Method and message.ID come from the server. An ID can be an opaque credential. Remove these values from the diagnostic, or redact them before logging.

As per coding guidelines, “Keep secrets out of argv, env dumps, and logs. Redact success and error paths (including stderr).”

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In `@internal/mcp/client.go` at line 399, Update the diagnostic in the unhandled
server-request path to avoid writing peer-controlled values from message.Method
or message.ID to stderr. Keep only a generic method-not-found message, or apply
the project’s established redaction mechanism before logging.

Source: Coding guidelines

client.mu.Lock()
_ = client.writer.write(rpcMessage{
JSONRPC: "2.0",
ID: message.ID,
Error: &rpcError{Code: -32601, Message: "method not found: " + message.Method},
})
client.mu.Unlock()
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Handle failure to send the error response.

Line 401 discards the write error. If stdin is closed or broken, readLoop continues and does not fail pending callers. Capture the error, release client.mu, then fail or close the client so callers do not wait for their contexts to expire.

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In `@internal/mcp/client.go` around lines 399 - 406, Update the unhandled-request
response path in readLoop to capture the error returned by client.writer.write,
unlock client.mu before handling it, and fail or close the client when writing
the method-not-found response fails so pending callers are released promptly.

}
// Notifications (no id) and handled server requests are not
// responses — do not dispatch.
continue
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}
if message.ID == nil {
// No id and no method: invalid or stray message. Ignore but log
// for diagnostics to help trace protocol mismatches.
_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "[mcp] ignoring unexpected message without id (method %q)\n", message.Method)
continue
}
id, ok := rpcMessageID(message.ID)
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6 changes: 6 additions & 0 deletions internal/mcp/network_client.go
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Expand Up @@ -539,6 +539,12 @@ func (client *remoteSSEClient) deliverEventMessage(value string) error {
if err := decoder.Decode(&message); err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("decode MCP SSE stream message: %w", err)
}
// Explicit type validation: only messages without a method are responses.
// Server-initiated requests (method set) must not be misdelivered to a
// pending caller even when the id collides (Z-052).
if message.Method != "" {
return nil
}
key := rpcResponseKey(message.ID)
if key == "" {
return nil
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