CVE-2026-49353

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 Host and Origin HTTP headers rather than the TCP source address. When 9router is deployed behind a reverse proxy, tunnel (Cloudflare Tunnel, Tailscale — both natively supported), or is subject to DNS rebinding, these headers are attacker-controlled, allowing the local-only gate to be bypassed. A second factor (CLI token or JWT cookie) is required by canAccessLocalOnlyRoute(), but the CLI token is a deterministic HMAC of the machine ID (getConsistentMachineId), which is stable and predictable on cloud VMs. If the attacker can obtain or guess the machine ID (e.g., via another information disclosure, or on shared-tenant infrastructure), the full chain to MCP child process stdin injection is reachable. This is a variant / incomplete fix of CVE-2026-46339 — the same attack surface (remote → MCP child process stdin) remains reachable under specific but realistic deployment configurations. Root Cause isLocalRequest() at src/dashboardGuard.js:93-101: function isLocalRequest(request) { if (!isLoopbackHostname(request.headers.get("host"))) return false; const origin = request.headers.get("origin"); if (origin) { try { if (!isLoopbackHostname(new URL(origin).hostname)) return false; } catch { return false; } } return true; } This function trusts Host and Origin headers as proof of local origin. Both are attacker-controlled in any proxied deployment. The LOOPBACK_HOSTS set (localhost, 127.0.0.1, ::1) is checked against these headers, not against the actual connection source IP. Attack Scenario Scenario 1: Cloudflare Tunnel / Tailscale Funnel 9router natively supports Cloudflare Tunnel a

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