Reject duplicate SSE connections with 409 to prevent stream hijacking

An attacker who obtains a valid session ID could issue a GET request to
establish a new SSE stream, silently replacing the victim's stream. All
subsequent server-to-client messages (tool responses, notifications)
would then be delivered to the attacker instead of the legitimate client,
with no indication to the victim.

The fix mirrors the Python SDK's approach: when a GET request arrives for
a session that already has an active SSE stream, respond with HTTP 409
Conflict ("Only one SSE stream is allowed per session") and leave the
existing connection intact. Additionally, `store_stream_for_session`
checks for an existing stream under the mutex before storing a new one,
closing the TOCTOU window between the HTTP-level check and the deferred
stream assignment.

Note: exploiting this requires prior knowledge of the session ID
(a `SecureRandom.uuid`), so the practical severity is low in typical local
MCP deployments. The change is still worthwhile as defense-in-depth,
especially for multi-user or network-exposed server deployments.
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Koichi ITO 2026-03-03 17:23:29 +09:00
commit db40143402

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@ -272,6 +272,63 @@ module MCP
assert_equal "Missing session ID", body["error"]
end
test "rejects duplicate SSE connection with 409" do
# Create a session
init_request = create_rack_request(
"POST",
"/",
{ "CONTENT_TYPE" => "application/json" },
{ jsonrpc: "2.0", method: "initialize", id: "init" }.to_json,
)
init_response = @transport.handle_request(init_request)
session_id = init_response[1]["Mcp-Session-Id"]
# Simulate an active SSE stream by storing a stream object in the session
mock_stream = StringIO.new
@transport.instance_variable_get(:@sessions)[session_id][:stream] = mock_stream
# Attempt a second GET request for the same session
get_request = create_rack_request(
"GET",
"/",
{ "HTTP_MCP_SESSION_ID" => session_id },
)
response = @transport.handle_request(get_request)
assert_equal 409, response[0]
assert_equal({ "Content-Type" => "application/json" }, response[1])
body = JSON.parse(response[2][0])
assert_equal "Conflict: Only one SSE stream is allowed per session", body["error"]
end
test "store_stream_for_session does not overwrite existing stream (TOCTOU guard)" do
# Create a session
init_request = create_rack_request(
"POST",
"/",
{ "CONTENT_TYPE" => "application/json" },
{ jsonrpc: "2.0", method: "initialize", id: "init" }.to_json,
)
init_response = @transport.handle_request(init_request)
session_id = init_response[1]["Mcp-Session-Id"]
# Establish stream A
stream_a = StringIO.new
@transport.send(:store_stream_for_session, session_id, stream_a)
assert_equal stream_a, @transport.instance_variable_get(:@sessions)[session_id][:stream]
# Attempt to store stream B (simulating a racing request)
stream_b = StringIO.new
@transport.send(:store_stream_for_session, session_id, stream_b)
# Stream A should still be the active stream
assert_equal stream_a, @transport.instance_variable_get(:@sessions)[session_id][:stream]
# Stream B should have been closed
assert stream_b.closed?
end
test "handles GET request with invalid session ID" do
request = create_rack_request(
"GET",