fix(server): do not crash the SSE server process on an invalid Host/Origin

src/mcp/server/mcpserver/server.py

@@ -1175,10 +1175,20 @@ def sse_app(
         async def handle_sse(scope: Scope, receive: Receive, send: Send):  # pragma: no cover
             # Add client ID from auth context into request context if available
 
-            async with sse.connect_sse(scope, receive, send) as streams:
-                await self._lowlevel_server.run(
-                    streams[0], streams[1], self._lowlevel_server.create_initialization_options()
-                )
+            try:
+                async with sse.connect_sse(scope, receive, send) as streams:
+                    await self._lowlevel_server.run(
+                        streams[0], streams[1], self._lowlevel_server.create_initialization_options()
+                    )
+            except ValueError as exc:
+                # connect_sse rejects a request failing the transport-security
+                # checks (e.g. a disallowed Host/Origin) by sending the error
+                # response itself and then raising ValueError. Without a handler
+                # here the exception escapes the ASGI callable and crashes the
+                # whole server process, so swallow it: the rejection response
+                # (421/403) has already been sent to this one client.
+                logger.debug(f"SSE connection rejected during validation: {exc}")
+                return
             return Response()
 
         # Create routes

src/mcp/server/sse.py

@@ -144,6 +144,11 @@ async def connect_sse(self, scope: Scope, receive: Receive, send: Send):
         request = Request(scope, receive)
         error_response = await self._security.validate_request(request, is_post=False)
         if error_response:
+            # The rejection response (e.g. 421 invalid Host) is sent to the
+            # client here, then ValueError is raised to signal the caller that
+            # no SSE session was established. Callers driving the ASGI
+            # application (FastMCP.sse_app's handle_sse) must catch this to
+            # avoid crashing the server process on a single bad request.
             await error_response(scope, receive, send)
             raise ValueError("Request validation failed")
 

tests/server/test_sse_security.py

@@ -88,6 +88,12 @@ async def test_sse_security_invalid_host_header() -> None:
         assert response.status_code == 421
         assert response.text == "Invalid Host header"
 
+        # The server process must stay alive after the rejected request: a
+        # subsequent request to an unmatched route is still served (404),
+        # proving the ASGI app did not crash.
+        response = await client.get("/")
+        assert response.status_code == 404
+
 
 @pytest.mark.anyio
 async def test_sse_security_invalid_origin_header() -> None:
@@ -551,3 +557,27 @@ async def _no_receive() -> Message:
 
 async def _no_send(message: Message) -> None:
     raise NotImplementedError
+
+
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_fastmcp_handle_sse_does_not_crash_on_invalid_host() -> None:
+    """A disallowed Host on /sse must reject that request (421) without
+    crashing the server process: connect_sse sends the rejection response and
+    raises ValueError, and FastMCP's handle_sse swallows it (see #3661)."""
+    from mcp.server.mcpserver import MCPServer
+
+    mcp = MCPServer("sse-crash-guard")
+    app = mcp.sse_app(
+        message_path="/messages/",
+        transport_security=TransportSecuritySettings(
+            enable_dns_rebinding_protection=True, allowed_hosts=["allowed.example.com"]
+        ),
+    )
+    transport = StreamingASGITransport(app, cancel_on_close=False)
+
+    async with httpx2.AsyncClient(transport=transport, base_url="http://127.0.0.1:8000") as client:
+        # The GET would otherwise hang until disconnect; the rejection path
+        # returns before any session is created, so a plain GET suffices.
+        response = await client.get("/sse", headers={"Host": "evil.com"})
+        assert response.status_code == 421
+        assert response.text == "Invalid Host header"