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Cheatsheet

MCP Security Cheatsheet

This cheatsheet maps 18 MCP security threats across input, execution, and output layers, highlights real-world risk stats from Akto's research, and provides a five-step maturity model for securing agentic AI environments.

  • Covers top MCP security concerns: prompt injection, tool poisoning, credential leaks, and unauthorized actions

  • Maps threats across MCP's input, execution, and output layers

  • Includes a five-step maturity model from inventory to guardrail enforcement

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