Google, JPMorgan and two governments fixed the same MCP flaw
THE SO WHAT
Multiple blue-chip teams shipping the same MCP server-side request forgery flaw is a reminder that agent infra is quietly becoming a new attack surface. If you’re exposing MCP-like tools, treat them as privileged integration fabric and run a security review as if you were standing up a new API gateway.
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