200,000 MCP servers expose a command execution flaw that Anthropic calls a feature

Anthropic created the Model Context Protocol as the open standard for AI agent-to-tool communication. OpenAI adopted it in March 2025 . Google DeepMind followed. Anthropic donated MCP to the Linux Foundation in December 2025. Downloads crossed 150 million. Then four researchers at OX Security found an architectural problem that affects all of them. MCP's STDIO transport, the default for connecting an AI agent to a local tool, executes any operating system command it receives. No sanitization. No

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