From Component Manipulation to System Compromise: Understanding and Detecting Malicious MCP Servers

The model context protocol MCP standardizes how LLMs connect to external tools and data sources, enabling faster integration but introducing new attack vectors. Despite the growing adoption of MCP, existing MCP security studies classify attacks by their observable effects, obscuring how attacks...

Beyond the Protocol: Unveiling Attack Vectors in the Model Context Protocol Ecosystem

The Model Context Protocol MCP is an emerging standard designed to enable seamless interaction between Large Language Model LLM applications and external tools or resources. Within a short period, thousands of MCP services have already been developed and deployed. However, the client-server...