gmaps-mcp's unauthenticated HTTP transport allows unlimited Google Maps API calls at operator expense
Unauthenticated HTTP Transport Allows Unlimited Google Maps API Calls at Operator Expense The gmaps-mcp codebase was reviewed at commit e671db68c804c9e67d51582d3280839ffa65f127 and three issues worth flagging were discovered — one high-severity, one medium, one structural. There were no preexisiting CVEs for this package yet and the repository had no prior security issues. The primary issue is that the HTTP transport in server.py skips authentication entirely when MCP_API_KEY is not set — …