MCP Spec 2025-11-25: Tasks, URL Mode Elicitation, and What Defenders Must Watch
The November 25, 2025 Model Context Protocol release adds Tasks, formalises long-running work, and reshapes the audit story for enterprise MCP.
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The November 25, 2025 Model Context Protocol release adds Tasks, formalises long-running work, and reshapes the audit story for enterprise MCP.
HiddenLayer's CVSS 9.8 Windsurf flaw exfiltrated secrets even with write_to_file on the deny list. The Cascade agent's filesystem trust broke wide open.
Check Point Research showed Cursor bound trust to MCP entry names, not contents. A swap-after-approval gave attackers persistent RCE on engineers' laptops.
A missing auth check in MCP Inspector versions below 0.14.1 let any website pop a shell on a developer's machine. Here is the full chain and what to fix.
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