diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ba4c976..22f97c8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ## [Unreleased]
 
 ### Added
+- **`component_mcp` validates `Origin`** (RFC 0001 Phase 5, [#256](https://github.com/askdba/myvector/issues/256)). Against DNS rebinding, a request with an `Origin` header that `mcp_http.allowed_origins` (new, read-only, default none) does not list gets 403; requests without `Origin` are not affected. For a listed origin it handles CORS (preflight answered, replies carry `Access-Control-Allow-Origin`), so browser clients such as MCP Inspector connect directly. `scripts/test-mcp-endpoint.sh` checks refusal, allowed origins, case and prefix matching, and the CORS preflight and headers.
 - **`component_mcp` serves calls concurrently, with session limits** (RFC 0001 Phase 5, [#256](https://github.com/askdba/myvector/issues/256)). `mcp_http.threads` (default 4) I/O workers each serve one call at a time; the spike had one. `mcp_http.max_sessions_per_account` (default 4) caps an account's concurrent endpoint sessions (error 1203), since `max_user_connections` does not apply to them, and the sessions are now subject to `max_connections` (error 1040) instead of bypassing it. `scripts/test-mcp-endpoint.sh` checks overlap of 4 calls, the cap and `max_connections`.
 - **`component_mcp` refuses locked accounts** (RFC 0001 Phase 5, [#256](https://github.com/askdba/myvector/issues/256)). Impersonated sessions skip the login checks, so the endpoint reads `account_locked` from the session's security context and fails the call with error 3118 before any statement runs. `scripts/test-mcp-endpoint.sh` checks lock, both tools and unlock.
 - **`component_mcp` bounded row consumer** (RFC 0001 Phase 5, [#256](https://github.com/askdba/myvector/issues/256)). `run_query` sessions use the component's own row and value consumer services, which stop retaining rows past 1001 rows or 4 MiB of values while a statement runs, so a large explicit `LIMIT` or wide rows no longer buffer the whole result in `mysqld`. The budget counts values plus the per-row and per-cell overhead of the default consumer, NULL cells included. `scripts/test-mcp-endpoint.sh` now has 41 checks, including peak RSS for `LIMIT 1000000` and for 1 MB rows, 8000 NULL columns, DOUBLE widths, and errors raised after some rows.
diff --git a/docs/MCP_COMPONENTS.md b/docs/MCP_COMPONENTS.md
index 09a4688..09eb5fd 100644
--- a/docs/MCP_COMPONENTS.md
+++ b/docs/MCP_COMPONENTS.md
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ INSTALL COMPONENT 'file://component_mcp'
 | `mcp_http.max_sessions_per_account` | Concurrent endpoint sessions per account (read-only, default 4, 1 to 1024). A call over the cap fails with error 1203. The server's `max_user_connections` does not apply to these sessions |
 | `mcp_http.account` | The account (`user@host`) every request runs as (read-only) |
 | `mcp_http.token_sha256` | Hex SHA-256 of the bearer token (read-only, not persisted, sensitive: readable only with `SENSITIVE_VARIABLES_OBSERVER`). Requests without the matching `Authorization: Bearer <token>` get 401 |
+| `mcp_http.allowed_origins` | Comma-separated `Origin` values accepted (read-only, default none; exact match, ASCII case-insensitive, spaces around commas ignored). Against DNS rebinding, as the MCP transport spec requires: a request that has an `Origin` header not in the list gets 403, before the token is checked. Requests without `Origin` (non-browser clients) are not affected. Add a browser-based client's origin here, e.g. `http://localhost:6274` for MCP Inspector. For a listed origin the endpoint also handles CORS: it answers the browser's `OPTIONS` preflight (204, allowing `POST` with `Authorization`, `Content-Type`, `Mcp-Session-Id` and `MCP-Protocol-Version`, cached 10 minutes) without the token, and every reply carries `Access-Control-Allow-Origin` for it, so the page can connect directly |
 
 ### How a tool call runs
 
diff --git a/scripts/test-mcp-endpoint.sh b/scripts/test-mcp-endpoint.sh
index bd23225..b5b73f7 100755
--- a/scripts/test-mcp-endpoint.sh
+++ b/scripts/test-mcp-endpoint.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ sql() { docker exec -i "$C" mysql -h127.0.0.1 -uroot -ptestpass -N -e "$1" 2>&1
 # rpc TOKEN JSON: POST to the endpoint from a sidecar in the server's network namespace.
 rpc() { docker run --rm --network "container:$C" "$CURL_IMAGE" -s -m 20 -w '\n%{http_code}' -X POST \
 	http://127.0.0.1:33480/mcp -H 'Content-Type: application/json' ${1:+-H "Authorization: Bearer $1"} -d "$2"; }
+# rpc_origin ORIGIN JSON: as rpc with the token, sending an Origin header (as a browser does).
+rpc_origin() { docker run --rm --network "container:$C" "$CURL_IMAGE" -s -m 20 -w '\n%{http_code}' -X POST \
+	http://127.0.0.1:33480/mcp -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -H 'Authorization: Bearer tok-123' \
+	-H "Origin: $1" -d "$2"; }
+# curl_i ARGS...: a request from a sidecar, printing the status line and headers (CR stripped).
+curl_i() { docker run --rm --network "container:$C" "$CURL_IMAGE" -s -m 20 -o /dev/null -D - "$@" \
+	http://127.0.0.1:33480/mcp | tr -d '\r'; }
 call() { rpc tok-123 "{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"id\":9,\"method\":\"tools/call\",\"params\":{\"name\":\"$1\",\"arguments\":$2}}"; }
 # par N SQL: N concurrent run_query calls from one sidecar; prints the replies (they can
 # interleave, so count matches with grep -o), then the wall time in seconds as "elapsed=S".
@@ -56,6 +63,9 @@ expect "install component_mcp" "$(sql "INSTALL COMPONENT 'file://component_mcp'
 expect "the token hash is not readable by other accounts" "$(docker exec -i "$C" mysql -h127.0.0.1 -umcp -pp -N -e "SELECT @@mcp_http.token_sha256" 2>&1 | grep -v "Using a password")" "ERROR.*SENSITIVE_VARIABLES_OBSERVER"
 expect "no token: 401" "$(rpc '' '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"ping"}')" "^401$"
 expect "wrong token: 401" "$(rpc nope '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"ping"}')" "^401$"
+# DNS rebinding: a browser request carries its page's Origin; none is allowed by default.
+expect "a browser Origin is refused: 403, even with the token" "$(rpc_origin http://evil.example '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"ping"}')" "^403$"
+expect "a localhost Origin is refused too unless allowed" "$(rpc_origin http://localhost:6274 '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"ping"}')" "^403$"
 expect "initialize" "$(rpc tok-123 '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"initialize","params":{"protocolVersion":"2025-06-18"}}')" '"serverInfo":\{"name":"component_mcp"'
 expect "notification: 202" "$(rpc tok-123 '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"notifications/initialized"}')" "^202$"
 expect "tools/list" "$(rpc tok-123 '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/list"}')" '"name":"list_databases".*"name":"run_query"'
@@ -147,7 +157,21 @@ expect "no MCP session left after concurrent calls" "$(sql "SHOW GLOBAL STATUS L
 
 # An account without MCP_USER is not treated as an MCP session (the token maps to app).
 sql "UNINSTALL COMPONENT 'file://component_mcp'" >/dev/null
-expect "reinstall mapped to app" "$(sql "INSTALL COMPONENT 'file://component_mcp' SET GLOBAL mcp_http.port = 33480, GLOBAL mcp_http.account = 'app@%', GLOBAL mcp_http.token_sha256 = '$TOKEN_HEX'")" "^$"
+expect "reinstall mapped to app, with allowed origins" "$(sql "INSTALL COMPONENT 'file://component_mcp' SET GLOBAL mcp_http.port = 33480, GLOBAL mcp_http.account = 'app@%', GLOBAL mcp_http.token_sha256 = '$TOKEN_HEX', GLOBAL mcp_http.allowed_origins = 'http://localhost:6274, https://Inspector.example'")" "^$"
+expect "an allowed Origin passes" "$(rpc_origin http://localhost:6274 '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"ping"}')" '"result":\{\}'
+expect "allowed origins match case-insensitively, spaces trimmed" "$(rpc_origin https://inspector.example '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"ping"}')" '"result":\{\}'
+# CORS for an allowed browser origin: the preflight is answered and replies name the origin.
+preflight=$(curl_i -X OPTIONS -H 'Origin: http://localhost:6274' -H 'Access-Control-Request-Method: POST' -H 'Access-Control-Request-Headers: authorization, content-type')
+expect "preflight from an allowed Origin: 204" "$(printf '%s\n' "$preflight" | head -1)" "^HTTP/1.1 204"
+expect "preflight allows POST with Authorization" "$(printf '%s\n' "$preflight" | grep -i '^access-control-' | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z' | sort | tr '\n' ' ')" "access-control-allow-headers: authorization, content-type.*access-control-allow-methods: post.*access-control-allow-origin: http://localhost:6274"
+expect "a POST reply names the allowed Origin" "$(curl_i -X POST -H 'Origin: http://localhost:6274' -H 'Authorization: Bearer tok-123' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"ping"}' | grep -i '^access-control-allow-origin')" "^[Aa]ccess-[Cc]ontrol-[Aa]llow-[Oo]rigin: http://localhost:6274$"
+expect "a 401 for an allowed Origin is readable by the page" "$(curl_i -X POST -H 'Origin: http://localhost:6274' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{}' | grep -ci '^access-control-allow-origin: http://localhost:6274')" "^1$"
+foreign=$(curl_i -X OPTIONS -H 'Origin: http://evil.example' -H 'Access-Control-Request-Method: POST')
+expect "preflight from another Origin: 403" "$(printf '%s\n' "$foreign" | head -1)" "^HTTP/1.1 403"
+expect "preflight from another Origin: no CORS headers" "$(printf '%s\n' "$foreign" | grep -ci '^access-control-')" "^0$"
+expect "OPTIONS without Origin: 405" "$(curl_i -X OPTIONS | head -1)" "^HTTP/1.1 405"
+expect "a prefix of an allowed Origin is refused" "$(rpc_origin http://localhost:62 '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"ping"}')" "^403$"
+expect "another Origin is still refused" "$(rpc_origin http://evil.example '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"ping"}')" "^403$"
 expect "guard: an account without MCP_USER is not restricted" "$(call run_query '{"sql":"INSERT INTO d1.t VALUES (7)"}')" '"isError":false'
 expect "the guard cannot be uninstalled while the endpoint is installed" "$(sql "UNINSTALL COMPONENT 'file://component_mcp_guard'")" "ERROR"
 expect "uninstall component_mcp" "$(sql "UNINSTALL COMPONENT 'file://component_mcp'")" "^$"
diff --git a/src/mcp/endpoint/component_mcp.cc b/src/mcp/endpoint/component_mcp.cc
index 7d00cc3..9b30377 100644
--- a/src/mcp/endpoint/component_mcp.cc
+++ b/src/mcp/endpoint/component_mcp.cc
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@
 #include <openssl/crypto.h>
 #include <openssl/evp.h>
 
+#include <algorithm>
 #include <atomic>
+#include <cctype>
 #include <cstring>
 #include <map>
 #include <memory>
@@ -108,8 +110,9 @@ unsigned long opt_threads = 4;                   // I/O workers: calls served at
 unsigned long opt_max_sessions_per_account = 4;  // concurrent calls per account
 char *opt_account = nullptr;       // user@host the token maps to
 char *opt_token_sha256 = nullptr;  // hex SHA-256 of the bearer token
+char *opt_allowed_origins = nullptr;  // comma-separated Origin values browsers may send
 bool port_registered = false, threads_registered = false, max_sessions_registered = false,
-     account_registered = false, token_registered = false;
+     account_registered = false, token_registered = false, origins_registered = false;
 
 bool register_sysvars() {
   INTEGRAL_CHECK_ARG(ulong) port_arg;
@@ -172,6 +175,18 @@ bool register_sysvars() {
       return true;
     token_registered = true;
   }
+  {
+    STR_CHECK_ARG(str) origins_arg;
+    origins_arg.def_val = nullptr;
+    if (mysql_service_component_sys_variable_register->register_variable(
+            "mcp_http", "allowed_origins",
+            PLUGIN_VAR_STR | PLUGIN_VAR_MEMALLOC | PLUGIN_VAR_READONLY,
+            "Comma-separated Origin values accepted from browsers (exact match); a request "
+            "with any other Origin gets 403",
+            nullptr, nullptr, &origins_arg, &opt_allowed_origins))
+      return true;
+    origins_registered = true;
+  }
   return false;
 }
 
@@ -184,6 +199,7 @@ bool unregister_sysvars() {
     else
       registered = false;
   };
+  drop(origins_registered, "allowed_origins");
   drop(token_registered, "token_sha256");
   drop(account_registered, "account");
   drop(max_sessions_registered, "max_sessions_per_account");
@@ -224,6 +240,27 @@ bool token_ok(const std::string *authorization) {
          CRYPTO_memcmp(got.data(), want.data(), got.size()) == 0;
 }
 
+// DNS rebinding: a web page can make a browser send requests to 127.0.0.1, but the browser
+// then sends the page's Origin. Requests without one (non-browser clients) pass; one with an
+// Origin passes only if mcp_http.allowed_origins lists it (ASCII case-insensitive).
+bool origin_ok(const std::string *origin) {
+  if (origin == nullptr) return true;
+  if (opt_allowed_origins == nullptr) return false;
+  const auto same = [&](const char *b, const char *e) {
+    while (b < e && *b == ' ') ++b;
+    while (e > b && e[-1] == ' ') --e;
+    return static_cast<size_t>(e - b) == origin->size() &&
+           std::equal(b, e, origin->begin(), [](char x, char y) {
+             return std::tolower(static_cast<unsigned char>(x)) ==
+                    std::tolower(static_cast<unsigned char>(y));
+           });
+  };
+  const char *p = opt_allowed_origins;
+  for (const char *comma; (comma = std::strchr(p, ',')) != nullptr; p = comma + 1)
+    if (same(p, comma)) return true;
+  return same(p, p + std::strlen(p));
+}
+
 // ----- SQL in an impersonated local session ----------------------------------------------
 
 // Result bounds: the reply keeps at most kMaxRows rows and kMaxBytes of serialized rows (the
@@ -737,6 +774,26 @@ void rpc_error(Json &out, int code, const char *message) {
 class McpHandler : public http::base::RequestHandler {
  public:
   void handle_request(http::base::Request &req) override {
+    const std::string *origin = req.get_input_headers().find("Origin");
+    if (!origin_ok(origin)) {
+      req.send_reply(HttpStatusCode::Forbidden);
+      return;
+    }
+    // CORS for an allowed browser origin: its replies name it, so the page may read them, and
+    // its preflight (OPTIONS, sent without credentials) is answered here.
+    if (origin != nullptr) {
+      req.get_output_headers().add("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", origin->c_str());
+      req.get_output_headers().add("Vary", "Origin");
+    }
+    if (req.get_method() == HttpMethod::Options && origin != nullptr) {
+      req.get_output_headers().add("Access-Control-Allow-Methods", "POST");
+      req.get_output_headers().add("Access-Control-Allow-Headers",
+                                   "Authorization, Content-Type, Mcp-Session-Id, "
+                                   "MCP-Protocol-Version");
+      req.get_output_headers().add("Access-Control-Max-Age", "600");
+      req.send_reply(HttpStatusCode::NoContent);
+      return;
+    }
     if (req.get_method() != HttpMethod::Post) {
       req.get_output_headers().add("Allow", "POST");
       req.send_reply(HttpStatusCode::MethodNotAllowed);