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Olivier Chafik 8b09f4278c
fix: proper CSP handling in basic-host sandboxing (HTTP headers, worker-src, document.write) (#234)
* fix: Move CSP to HTTP headers + add worker-src, frameDomains, baseUriDomains, permissions

Security improvements:
- CSP is now set via HTTP headers in serve.ts instead of meta tags
  (meta tag CSP can be tampered with by same-origin content)
- CSP passed as query param to sandbox.html for header-based enforcement

New CSP/permissions features (borrowed from PR #158):
- frameDomains: control frame-src directive for nested iframes
- baseUriDomains: control base-uri directive
- permissions: camera, microphone, geolocation via iframe allow attribute

WebGL fix:
- Use document.write() instead of srcdoc for inner iframe content
  (srcdoc creates opaque origin that breaks WebGL canvas updates)
- Add worker-src directive with blob: support (critical for WebGL apps
  like CesiumJS/Three.js that use workers for tile decoding, terrain
  processing, image processing)

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* refactor: Remove permissions support (defer to PR #158)

Keep this PR focused on CSP security fixes only.
Permissions (camera, microphone, geolocation) will be
handled in #158.

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* cleanup McpUiResourceCsp type usage / duplicate defs

* fix: guard against CSP injection in domain parameters

Validate CSP domain entries to reject characters that could:
- Break out of CSP directives (semicolons, newlines)
- Inject CSP keywords like 'unsafe-eval' (quotes)
- Inject multiple sources in one entry (spaces)

This prevents injection attacks where malicious domains could
override the security policy.

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2026-01-11 14:32:48 +00:00
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src fix: proper CSP handling in basic-host sandboxing (HTTP headers, worker-src, document.write) (#234) 2026-01-11 14:32:48 +00:00
index.html Add color-scheme meta tag to all example apps 2025-12-15 11:42:18 -08:00
package.json Fix build errors in examples (#180) 2025-12-18 11:17:23 +00:00
README.md Smoothen the process of getting started (#103) 2025-12-09 16:15:32 +01:00
sandbox.html fix: proper CSP handling in basic-host sandboxing (HTTP headers, worker-src, document.write) (#234) 2026-01-11 14:32:48 +00:00
serve.ts fix: proper CSP handling in basic-host sandboxing (HTTP headers, worker-src, document.write) (#234) 2026-01-11 14:32:48 +00:00
tsconfig.json Add basic-host and basic-server-react examples 2025-12-04 14:28:27 -06:00
vite.config.ts Add basic-host and basic-server-react examples 2025-12-04 14:28:27 -06:00

Example: Basic Host

A reference implementation showing how to build an MCP host application that connects to MCP servers and renders tool UIs in a secure sandbox.

This basic host can also be used to test MCP Apps during local development.

Key Files

Getting Started

npm install
npm run start
# Open http://localhost:8080

By default, the host application will try to connect to an MCP server at http://localhost:3001/mcp. You can configure this behavior by setting the SERVERS environment variable with a JSON array of server URLs:

SERVERS='["http://localhost:1234/mcp", "http://localhost:5678/mcp"]' npm run start

Architecture

This example uses a double-iframe sandbox pattern for secure UI isolation:

Host (port 8080)
  └── Outer iframe (port 8081) - sandbox proxy
        └── Inner iframe (srcdoc) - untrusted tool UI

Why two iframes?

  • The outer iframe runs on a separate origin (port 8081) preventing direct access to the host
  • The inner iframe receives HTML via srcdoc and is restricted by sandbox attributes
  • Messages flow through the outer iframe which validates and relays them bidirectionally

This architecture ensures that even if tool UI code is malicious, it cannot access the host application's DOM, cookies, or JavaScript context.