CVE-2026-49353 9Router: Local-Only Access Gate Bypass in 9router via Host Header SpoofING

9Router is an AI router & token saver. In 0.4.45 and earlier, 9Router's src/dashboardGuard.js local-only access gate used Host and Origin headers in isLocalRequest to protect /api/mcp/, /api/tunnel/, and /api/cli-tools/, allowing header spoofing in reverse proxy or tunnel deployments to reach MCP...

9router has an Incomplete Fix: Local-Only Access Gate Bypass in 9router via Host Header SpoofING

Summary The fix for CVE-2026-46339 unauthenticated RCE via unprotected MCP plugin routes introduced a local-only access gate in src/dashboardGuard.js that restricts spawn-capable routes /api/mcp/, /api/tunnel/, /api/cli-tools/ to loopback requests. The gate determines "local" by inspecting the Ho...