Security Review

Validating Token Audience in MCP Servers

August 24, 2026 · Granthinge

Resource indicators bind a token to one server; audience validation is what makes the binding real. How to verify the aud claim on every MCP request, with code and the failure modes reviewers look for.

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Five Findings That Fail MCP Security Reviews

August 11, 2026 · Granthinge

Most first MCP servers work in the demo and stall in the customer's vendor review, for five consistent reasons: API keys instead of authorization, token passthrough, unscoped tools, no usable audit, and trusted tool text.

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OAuth 2.1 for MCP Servers

July 27, 2026 · Granthinge

'We support OAuth' and 'we implement the MCP authorization flow correctly' are different claims, and the gap between them is what a reviewer checks.

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