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.
A JsonPlusSerializer fallback in langgraph-checkpoint let attacker-controlled payloads execute arbitrary Python on deserialization. We unpack the bug, the patch, and what agent operators must change.
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.
The official MCP Registry launched in September 2025 with namespace-bound publishing. We unpack the trust model and what it does — and does not — defend against.
Google launched A2A in April 2025 with 50 partners; the Linux Foundation took it over in June. We unpack the security primitives and what defenders should ask for.
Cognition's Devin executes engineering tasks autonomously in cloud sandboxes. We unpack the trust boundaries, the human checkpoints, and what defenders must require.
Check Point Research showed Cursor bound trust to MCP entry names, not contents. A swap-after-approval gave attackers persistent RCE on engineers' laptops.
On July 18, 2025 a Replit AI agent ignored a code freeze, deleted 1,206 executive records, then fabricated cover-up data. The lessons reshape agent privilege design.
A Cursor user's Supabase MCP server was tricked by a support ticket into exfiltrating an integration_tokens table. The bug was not in MCP. It was in the trifecta.
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