High severity · published Oct 28, 2026
CVE-2026-61542
Gearboy advisory / Gearsystem body: Unauthenticated network exposure of MCP HTTP tools
New
8.6
CVSS
–
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Gearboy is a Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Super Game Boy emulator and debugger with an embedded MCP server. Gearsystem, the affected component, has an optional `--mcp-http` mode that accepts unauthenticated MCP requests from any reachable network peer despite localhost-only documentation and logging. In the described `platforms/shared/desktop/mcp/mcp_transport.h` transport, the socket binds `INADDR_ANY`, normally on port 7777, and POST requests to `/mcp` reach dispatch without `Authorization`, `Host`, or `Origin` checks. Responses and OPTIONS advertise `Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *`. A peer can initialize an MCP session and invoke exposed emulator/debugging operations; even a garbage bearer token does not block dispatch, while a loopback-bind negative control prevents network access. The reported impact is bounded to the emulator process, debugging state, and local files accepted as media, rather than demonstrated host code execution. Gearboy 3.8.7 contains a patch.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
High
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GE
Gearboy · drhelius
< 3.8.7 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-61542
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-61542
github.com
https://github.com/drhelius/Gearboy/commit/e2ead98e2fac41e9df5a499e9e421c6a0e73f1bc
github.com
https://github.com/drhelius/Gearboy/releases/tag/3.8.7
github.com
https://github.com/drhelius/Gearboy/security/advisories/GHSA-fmvx-487g-mrww
