fix: harden MCP stdio execution - #14564
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Enable interpreter hardening by default and fail closed when settings are unavailable, preventing tenant-controlled Python, Node.js, or shell entrypoints from reaching the MCP stdio spawn sink. Preserve and document an explicit opt-out for trusted single-tenant deployments that require legacy interpreter commands.
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WalkthroughMCP interpreter hardening now defaults to enabled. Validation fails closed when settings are unavailable and rejects tenant-controlled interpreter entrypoints before connection. Documentation, release notes, tutorials, and tests describe the default and trusted single-tenant opt-out. ChangesMCP interpreter hardening
Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to The PR hardens MCP interpreter execution by default and fails closed when settings are unavailable. The remaining concern is limited to aligning documentation terminology, so no actionable merge-blocking risk remains. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Tenant
participant MCPValidation
participant SettingsService
participant StdioClient
Tenant->>MCPValidation: Provide MCP stdio configuration
MCPValidation->>SettingsService: Read interpreter hardening setting
SettingsService-->>MCPValidation: Enabled or unavailable
MCPValidation->>MCPValidation: Apply enabled default when needed
MCPValidation-->>Tenant: Reject direct interpreter entrypoint
Note over StdioClient: Connection is not awaited
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In `@docs/docs/Tutorials/mcp-tutorial.mdx`:
- Line 69: Update the MCP tutorial wording near the locally installed
mcp_weather_server command to use “single-tenant deployment” instead of
“single-user deployment,” matching the established terminology while preserving
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| MCP stdio servers run processes on the Langflow host. Langflow blocks direct Python, Node.js, and shell entrypoints by default. Because this tutorial uses the locally installed `python -m mcp_weather_server` server, run it only in a trusted single-user deployment, or explicitly enable the legacy behavior before starting Langflow: |
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Use single-tenant consistently.
Line 69 says single-user, while the settings documentation and release notes define this opt-out for a trusted single-tenant deployment. Use the same term for the same trust boundary.
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-... run it only in a trusted single-user deployment, ...
+... run it only in a trusted single-tenant deployment, ...The related settings documentation and release note use single-tenant; this change keeps the trust-boundary terminology consistent.
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| MCP stdio servers run processes on the Langflow host. Langflow blocks direct Python, Node.js, and shell entrypoints by default. Because this tutorial uses the locally installed `python -m mcp_weather_server` server, run it only in a trusted single-user deployment, or explicitly enable the legacy behavior before starting Langflow: | |
| MCP stdio servers run processes on the Langflow host. Langflow blocks direct Python, Node.js, and shell entrypoints by default. Because this tutorial uses the locally installed `python -m mcp_weather_server` server, run it only in a trusted single-tenant deployment, or explicitly enable the legacy behavior before starting Langflow: |
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In `@docs/docs/Tutorials/mcp-tutorial.mdx` at line 69, Update the MCP tutorial
wording near the locally installed mcp_weather_server command to use
“single-tenant deployment” instead of “single-user deployment,” matching the
established terminology while preserving the surrounding security guidance.
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The previous default allowed tenant-managed stdio configurations to invoke direct interpreters, exposing a process-execution path under normal settings.
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