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Shadow / Undeclared MCP Server Registration (MCP-38: MCP-18) - ATR-2026-01932 (749247cc-ef1a-564c-9d1f-153827d34448)

Detects the silent or deceptive registration of a rogue / undeclared MCP server into an agent's toolset — MCP-38 technique MCP-18 (Shadow MCP Servers). Distinct from ATR-2026-00419 (zero-click config RCE via a shell command field): this rule targets the act of hiding the registration and server impersonation, which fires even when the rogue server's command is benign-looking. The threat is that an attacker adds a tool-provider the user never approved — to intercept calls, shadow a trusted tool name, or exfiltrate — by registering it without consent, "behind the scenes", or by mimicking a trusted server's identity. No prior ATR rule covered the hidden-registration / impersonation vector independent of an exec sink.

Cluster A Galaxy A Cluster B Galaxy B Level
ML Supply Chain Compromise (d2cf31e0-a550-4fe0-8fdb-8941b3ac00d9) MITRE ATLAS Attack Pattern Shadow / Undeclared MCP Server Registration (MCP-38: MCP-18) - ATR-2026-01932 (749247cc-ef1a-564c-9d1f-153827d34448) Agent Threat Rules 1
Shadow / Undeclared MCP Server Registration (MCP-38: MCP-18) - ATR-2026-01932 (749247cc-ef1a-564c-9d1f-153827d34448) Agent Threat Rules Masquerading - T1036 (42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0) Attack Pattern 1
Shadow / Undeclared MCP Server Registration (MCP-38: MCP-18) - ATR-2026-01932 (749247cc-ef1a-564c-9d1f-153827d34448) Agent Threat Rules Compromise Software Supply Chain - T1195.002 (bd369cd9-abb8-41ce-b5bb-fff23ee86c00) Attack Pattern 1
Supply Chain Compromise - T1195 (3f18edba-28f4-4bb9-82c3-8aa60dcac5f7) Attack Pattern Compromise Software Supply Chain - T1195.002 (bd369cd9-abb8-41ce-b5bb-fff23ee86c00) Attack Pattern 2