CVE-2026-13489
Raw vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:XSummary
CVE-2026-13489 is a low-severity Improper Synchronization (CWE-662) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 1.3 (Low).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 14th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
This vulnerability is AI-related — categorised as AI Agent Protocols and Integrations; in the Protocol-Specific Risks risk domain.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SC-39 (Process Isolation) and SC-4 (Information in Shared System Resources) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-39989
Vulnerability Data
A weakness has been identified in 78 xiaozhi-esp32 up to 2.2.6. Affected by this issue is the function ParseMessage of the file main/mcp_server.cc of the component MCP Response Handler. This manipulation causes improper synchronization. Remote exploitation of the attack is…
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possible. The attack's complexity is rated as high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. The pull request to fix this issue awaits acceptance.
- CWE(s)
AI Security AnalysisAI
- AI Category
- AI Agent Protocols and Integrations
- Risk Domain
- Protocol-Specific Risks
- OWASP Top 10 for LLMs 2025
- None mapped
- Classification Reason
- Matched keywords: mcp
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
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Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Process isolation reduces the attack surface and blast radius of synchronization failures but does not itself implement the required synchronization.
SC-4 directly requires preventing unintended information transfer through shared resources, which is achieved only by proper synchronization primitives for exclusive access.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure SDLC practices directly require synchronization mechanisms and concurrency testing to prevent race conditions.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Security testing can detect synchronization flaws but does not itself implement the required controls.
Secure development lifecycle requires concurrency controls and synchronization primitives to prevent race conditions.
Secure system architecture principles include thread-safety and resource-locking mechanisms to avoid improper synchronization.
Secure coding standards explicitly mandate proper use of locks, semaphores, and atomic operations to eliminate race conditions.