From Debugging to Code Execution: RCE in Microsoft DevLabs’ DebugMCP?

Introduction AI-assisted development has crossed a threshold. The question is no longer whether your IDE communicates with an AI, it’s how deeply that AI is now wired into your local environment. The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is one of the plumbing behind this shift: a JSON-RPC-based protocol that lets AI assistants invoke tools running on your machine.