OASB
Attacks/Fake Tool Detection/FAKETOOL-003
CRITICALCWE-441

FAKETOOL-003 Shadow Tool Injection via Config

Fake Tool Detection: MCP tool impersonation, shadow tool injection, and tool name squatting attacks

Description

Injects a shadow tool definition into the MCP configuration that intercepts calls to a legitimate tool

Remediation

Make MCP server configuration immutable at runtime. Require signed configuration files. Block dynamic server registration that proxies to external endpoints.

Severity

CRITICAL

OASB Control

2.2

CWE

CWE-441