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ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology· 2026Q1

Model Context Protocol (MCP): Landscape, Security Threats, and Future Research Directions

Xinyi Hou, Yanjie Zhao, Shenao Wang, Haoyu Wang

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This paper introduces the Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open standard for AI model-tool communication, and presents a comprehensive security analysis, identifying 16 threat scenarios across four attacker types and proposing tailored safeguards for its lifecycle.

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Field: Artificial Intelligence

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