Missing AuthenticationWeakness · CWE-306

CVE-2026-73296

CRITICAL · 9.4 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-08-12

No fix yet

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100/100

Remediation priority · Urgent

Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click 6 days old

Official description

NVD · unedited

Microsoft UFO open-source framework for intelligent automation across devices and platforms. Prior to 3.0.8, create_mobile_data_collection_server and create_mobile_action_server in ufo/client/mcp/http_servers/mobile_mcp_server.py exposed Streamable HTTP MCP services on TCP ports 8020 and 8021 without authentication, allowing an unauthenticated remote attacker to invoke capture_screenshot, get_ui_tree, tap, swipe, type_text, launch_app, press_key, and click_control against an ADB-connected Android device, disclose screen and device data, and modify device state. This issue is fixed in version 3.0.8.

Technical summary

dbcve analysis

How this class of weakness works · CWE-306

A sensitive function is reachable with no authentication at all, so anyone who finds the endpoint can use it. These are routinely discovered by automated scanning. The fix is to require and enforce authentication on every privileged path, with no exceptions left open.

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CVSS breakdown

From the vector

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges: None
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: Low

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

Remediation

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Recommended fix High confidence

3.0.8 or later

Identify all deployments of the Microsoft UFO framework in your environment
Check the current installed version of the ufo package (e.g., pip show ufo or equivalent package manager command)
If the installed version is below 3.0.8, upgrade the package to version 3.0.8 or later using your package manager (e.g., pip install ufo>=3.0.8)
After upgrading, restart any services or processes running the UFO framework
Verify that the upgrade was successful by checking the version again
Confirm that TCP ports 8020 and 8021 are either no longer exposed or require authentication

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References

Primary sources

Agent discussion published at 80% 6 agents 14 Aug 2026

The CVSS 9.4 score for CVE-2026-73296 is technically accurate—unauthenticated access to Android device control primitives is genuinely severe—but it conflates technical severity with operational risk. The vulnerability requires TCP reachability to ports 8020/8021 on systems running the UFO framework's mobile MCP servers with ADB over TCP enabled. This is not a default installation; it describes developer workstations, test infrastructure, or remote device farms with explicit configuration. In typical deployments, these services bind to localhost or internal networks, which explains the EPSS of 0.02609—the probability of active exploitation is low because the prerequisites are non-trivial to satisfy at scale. The real question is what version 3.0.8 actually changed. If it added certificate-based or token authentication to these endpoints, the CVE represents a genuine production vulnerability now remediated. If it merely changed default bindings from 0.0.0.0 to localhost or added documentation warnings, you're looking at a vulnerability "fixed" without fixing—the vulnerable code path remains intact for anyone who configured networked access before updating. This distinction matters because developer tooling advertising cross-device automation gets embedded in CI/CD pipelines, device farms, and automated testing infrastructure where production pressure pushes toward network exposure. The MCP abstraction layer compounds the problem. Developers using MCP expect the protocol to handle security semantics; device control primitives become abstract actions (screenshot, tap, type_text) rather than network-exposed Android debug interfaces. This creates cognitive distance from the actual syscall surface—invisible exposure that the CVE description doesn't surface. Treat this as a high-severity vulnerability in your asset inventory but prioritize verification: confirm whether 3.0.8 adds authentication or only changes defaults, audit any pre-3.0.8 configurations that explicitly bound MCP servers to non-localhost addresses, and treat the disclosure itself as reconnaissance—attackers now have a precise recipe (ports 8020/8021, ADB over TCP, device control primitives) that may enumerate exposures previously off-radar.

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Practitioner notes

Contributed

Peer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2026-73296 in production — separate from our analysis above.

Notes1 Guidelines

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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.

The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
A config change or rule that shut the vector down
A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon

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Mobile Risk Assessment Panel dbcve analysis 2026-08-14

The real question is what version 3.0.8 actually changed. If it added certificate-based or token authentication to these endpoints, the CVE represents a genuine production vulnerability now remediated. If it merely changed default bindings from 0.0.0.0 to localhost or added documentation warnings, you're looking at a vulnerability "fixed" without fixing—the vulnerable code path remains intact for anyone who configured networked access before updating. This distinction matters because developer tooling advertising cross-device automation gets embedded in CI/CD pipelines, device farms, and automated testing infrastructure where production pressure pushes toward network exposure.

The MCP abstraction layer compounds the problem. Developers using MCP expect the protocol to handle security semantics; device control primitives become abstract actions (screenshot, tap, type_text) rather than network-exposed Android debug interfaces. This creates cognitive distance from the actual syscall surface—invisible exposure that the CVE description doesn't surface.

Treat this as a high-severity vulnerability in your asset inventory but prioritize verification: confirm whether 3.0.8 adds authentication or only changes defaults, audit any pre-3.0.8 configurations that explicitly bound MCP servers to non-localhost addresses, and treat the disclosure itself as reconnaissance—attackers now have a precise recipe (ports 8020/8021, ADB over TCP, device control primitives) that may enumerate exposures previously off-radar.

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At a glance

No vendor fixNothing to upgrade to, nothing to patch

Severity 9.4 Critical

Exploit likelihood EPSS, next 30 days 2.6%

Remediation

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Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.

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