Tip: Audit Your Own Database-Backed MCP Servers for SQLi and Missing Auth Before Shipping

Akamai·medium signal

Akamai's three database-MCP findings show the recurring failure modes are mundane: unsanitized input flowing into SQL queries, missing authentication, and unauthenticated metadata/data exposure. If you expose a database through an MCP server, parameterize every query, require auth on all tool endpoints, and never return raw metadata to unauthenticated callers. Treat the MCP layer as a real network boundary and run it through the same input-validation and authz review you'd apply to any public API.