kubectl-mcp-server@2.0.0
CAUTIONPublisher claims: "MCP Server that enables AI assistants to interact with Kubernetes clusters via kubectl operations." Observed in sandbox: no network, touches nothing outside the project, writes no memory.
Registry Docker MCP CatalogPublisher rohitg00 · joined 4 days agoInstalls 27,249Last detonated 1 h ago
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KillerSkills ran it in the KillerSkills honeypot sandbox (2 scenarios) on 2026-10-27 and scored it 60/100 (Caution). It is not known to be malicious, but it has behaviour or code a security policy should decide on before install. Notable findings: Privileged sudo command; References a credential file in the home directory; Context shift attempt. Summary: no network, touches nothing outside the project, writes no memory.
Behavior trace
Honeypot run · 0 s · 2 scenarios · 0 deviationst+CategoryObserved action
0.0sprocessexited 1: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'setuptools'
0.3sprocessexec /usr/bin/timeout
0.3sprocessexec /app/apps/web/node_modules/.bin/uvx
0.3sprocessexec /root/.cache/node/corepack/v1/pnpm/10.28.0/dist/node-gyp-bin/uvx
0.3sprocessexec /app/node_modules/.bin/uvx
0.3sprocessexec /pnpm/uvx
0.3sprocessexec /usr/local/sbin/uvx
0.3sprocessexec /usr/local/bin/uvx
0.3sprocessexec /usr/sbin/uvx
0.3sprocessexec /usr/bin/uvx
0.3sprocessexec /sbin/uvx
0.3sprocessexec /bin/uvx
0.3sprocessexited 1: [31mor pipx: pipx install kubectl-mcp-server==2.0.0[0m
0.3sclaimedno tools/list reply (exit 1)
0.3sprocessscript backend runs setup only
Static findings
MEDIUM
npx invocation of non-well-known packageCLAUDE.md:608 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
AST06HIGH
Privileged sudo commandkubernetes-skills/claude/k8s-kind/SKILL.md:447 · Privileged sudo command — agent may execute with elevated privilegesFix: Build commands from fixed arguments; do not interpolate untrusted strings into a shell.
AST05MEDIUM
npx invocation of non-well-known packageCLAUDE.md:43 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
AST06HIGH
References a credential file in the home directoryevals/mcp-config.yaml:63 · References a credential file in the home directoryFix: Stop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.
AST03MEDIUM
npx invocation of non-well-known packageCLAUDE.md:23 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
AST06CRITICAL
Context shift attemptevals/README.md:286 · Context shift attempt — trying to change operational modeFix: Put hosts, commands and strings in plain source. Decoding at runtime looks identical to malware and costs points on its own.
AST01HIGH
References a credential file in the home directoryevals/mcp-config.yaml:69 · References a credential file in the home directoryFix: Stop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.
AST03HIGH
Access to sensitive file pathskubernetes-skills/claude/k8s-vind/SKILL.md:137 · Access to sensitive file paths — SSH keys, AWS credentials, env files, or system filesFix: Stop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.
AST05HIGH
Privileged sudo commandkubernetes-skills/claude/k8s-vind/SKILL.md:256 · Privileged sudo command — agent may execute with elevated privilegesFix: Build commands from fixed arguments; do not interpolate untrusted strings into a shell.
AST05MEDIUM
MCP server using network transport (SSE/HTTP).github/workflows/ci.yml:50 · MCP server using network transport (SSE/HTTP) — data sent over networkFix: Namespace tool names and keep tool descriptions literal; no instructions to the agent inside them.
AST04HIGH
Privileged sudo commandkubernetes-skills/claude/k8s-kind/SKILL.md:452 · Privileged sudo command — agent may execute with elevated privilegesFix: Build commands from fixed arguments; do not interpolate untrusted strings into a shell.
AST05HIGH
Privileged sudo commandkubernetes-skills/claude/k8s-kind/SKILL.md:53 · Privileged sudo command — agent may execute with elevated privilegesFix: Build commands from fixed arguments; do not interpolate untrusted strings into a shell.
AST05HIGH
Privileged sudo commandkubernetes-skills/claude/k8s-kind/SKILL.md:457 · Privileged sudo command — agent may execute with elevated privilegesFix: Build commands from fixed arguments; do not interpolate untrusted strings into a shell.
AST05MEDIUM
URL using raw IP address.github/workflows/ci.yml:52 · URL using raw IP address — may bypass domain-based filteringFix: Replace encoded or assembled strings with plain literals and remove undeclared network calls.
AST07MEDIUM
MCP server using network transport (SSE/HTTP).github/workflows/ci.yml:51 · MCP server using network transport (SSE/HTTP) — data sent over networkFix: Namespace tool names and keep tool descriptions literal; no instructions to the agent inside them.
AST04MEDIUM
MCP server using network transport (SSE/HTTP).github/workflows/ci.yml:35 · MCP server using network transport (SSE/HTTP) — data sent over networkFix: Namespace tool names and keep tool descriptions literal; no instructions to the agent inside them.
AST04MEDIUM
Outbound HTTP to raw IP address.github/workflows/ci.yml:52 · Outbound HTTP to raw IP address — may bypass domain-based monitoringFix: Replace encoded or assembled strings with plain literals and remove undeclared network calls.
AST07HIGH
Pipe-to-shell patternkubernetes-skills/claude/k8s-helm/SKILL.md:291 · Pipe-to-shell pattern — downloads and immediately executes remote codeFix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.
AST06MEDIUM
npx invocation of non-well-known packageCLAUDE.md:24 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
AST06HIGH
Privileged sudo commandkubernetes-skills/claude/k8s-vind/SKILL.md:50 · Privileged sudo command — agent may execute with elevated privilegesFix: Build commands from fixed arguments; do not interpolate untrusted strings into a shell.
AST05MEDIUM
npx invocation of non-well-known packagebin/postinstall.js:47 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
AST06MEDIUM
Destructive file system command detectedDockerfile:16 · Destructive file system command detectedFix: Build commands from fixed arguments; do not interpolate untrusted strings into a shell.
AST05MEDIUM
URL using raw IP addressDockerfile:56 · URL using raw IP address — may bypass domain-based filteringFix: Replace encoded or assembled strings with plain literals and remove undeclared network calls.
AST07MEDIUM
npx invocation of non-well-known packagebin/postinstall.js:48 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
AST06MEDIUM
MCP server using network transport (SSE/HTTP)bin/postinstall.js:48 · MCP server using network transport (SSE/HTTP) — data sent over networkFix: Namespace tool names and keep tool descriptions literal; no instructions to the agent inside them.
AST04MEDIUM
npx invocation of non-well-known packageevals/mcp-config.yaml:52 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeFix: Put hosts, commands and strings in plain source. Decoding at runtime looks identical to malware and costs points on its own.
AST06MEDIUM
MCP server using network transport (SSE/HTTP)Dockerfile:56 · MCP server using network transport (SSE/HTTP) — data sent over networkFix: Namespace tool names and keep tool descriptions literal; no instructions to the agent inside them.
AST04MEDIUM
Destructive file system command detectedDockerfile:42 · Destructive file system command detectedFix: Build commands from fixed arguments; do not interpolate untrusted strings into a shell.
AST05MEDIUM
Outbound HTTP to raw IP addressDockerfile:56 · Outbound HTTP to raw IP address — may bypass domain-based monitoringFix: Replace encoded or assembled strings with plain literals and remove undeclared network calls.
AST07MEDIUM
npx invocation of non-well-known packageevals/mcp-config.yaml:49 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeFix: Put hosts, commands and strings in plain source. Decoding at runtime looks identical to malware and costs points on its own.
AST06MEDIUM
MCP server using network transport (SSE/HTTP)CLAUDE.md:660 · MCP server using network transport (SSE/HTTP) — data sent over networkFix: Namespace tool names and keep tool descriptions literal; no instructions to the agent inside them.
AST04MEDIUM
Remote installer piped to shellkubernetes-skills/claude/k8s-helm/SKILL.md:291 · Remote installer piped to shellFix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.
AST07MEDIUM
File permission modification commandkubernetes-skills/claude/k8s-kind/SKILL.md:451 · File permission modification command — agent changes file ownership/permissionsFix: Request the narrowest permission that works; replace wildcards with the exact paths or hosts.
AST05MEDIUM
File permission modification commandkubernetes-skills/claude/k8s-kind/SKILL.md:446 · File permission modification command — agent changes file ownership/permissionsFix: Request the narrowest permission that works; replace wildcards with the exact paths or hosts.
AST05MEDIUM
MCP server using network transport (SSE/HTTP)kubernetes-skills/claude/k8s-security/SKILL.md:16 · MCP server using network transport (SSE/HTTP) — data sent over networkFix: Namespace tool names and keep tool descriptions literal; no instructions to the agent inside them.
AST04MEDIUM
MCP server using network transport (SSE/HTTP)kubernetes-skills/claude/k8s-gitops/SKILL.md:16 · MCP server using network transport (SSE/HTTP) — data sent over networkFix: Namespace tool names and keep tool descriptions literal; no instructions to the agent inside them.
AST04MEDIUM
MCP server using network transport (SSE/HTTP)kubernetes-skills/claude/k8s-multicluster/SKILL.md:16 · MCP server using network transport (SSE/HTTP) — data sent over networkFix: Namespace tool names and keep tool descriptions literal; no instructions to the agent inside them.
AST04MEDIUM
File permission modification commandkubernetes-skills/claude/k8s-vind/SKILL.md:255 · File permission modification command — agent changes file ownership/permissionsFix: Request the narrowest permission that works; replace wildcards with the exact paths or hosts.
AST05MEDIUM
File permission modification commandkubernetes-skills/claude/k8s-kind/SKILL.md:456 · File permission modification command — agent changes file ownership/permissionsFix: Request the narrowest permission that works; replace wildcards with the exact paths or hosts.
AST05MEDIUM
npx invocation of non-well-known packageglama.json:10 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
AST06MEDIUM
MCP server using network transport (SSE/HTTP)kubernetes-skills/claude/k8s-cli/SKILL.md:50 · MCP server using network transport (SSE/HTTP) — data sent over networkFix: Namespace tool names and keep tool descriptions literal; no instructions to the agent inside them.
AST04MEDIUM
MCP server using network transport (SSE/HTTP)kubernetes-skills/claude/k8s-troubleshoot/SKILL.md:16 · MCP server using network transport (SSE/HTTP) — data sent over networkFix: Namespace tool names and keep tool descriptions literal; no instructions to the agent inside them.
AST04MEDIUM
MCP server using network transport (SSE/HTTP)kubernetes-skills/claude/k8s-policy/SKILL.md:16 · MCP server using network transport (SSE/HTTP) — data sent over networkFix: Namespace tool names and keep tool descriptions literal; no instructions to the agent inside them.
AST04MEDIUM
File permission modification commandkubernetes-skills/claude/k8s-vind/SKILL.md:50 · File permission modification command — agent changes file ownership/permissionsFix: Request the narrowest permission that works; replace wildcards with the exact paths or hosts.
AST05MEDIUM
File permission modification commandkubernetes-skills/claude/k8s-kind/SKILL.md:53 · File permission modification command — agent changes file ownership/permissionsFix: Request the narrowest permission that works; replace wildcards with the exact paths or hosts.
AST05What would make this Verified
20 points to 80 · weights: behavior 45%, static 25%, prompt 15%, publisher 15%- Unclaimed publisher≈ +8 on the totalClaim rohitg00: a verified publisher gets +50 on publisher trust. It is free and usually instant with GitHub sign-in.
- Does not do what the description says≈ +5 on the totalIn the sandbox the skill never performed the task it claims (no call to the service it is for). Make sure the happy path runs without extra setup, or describe the real behavior.
- Privileged sudo command≈ +4 on the totalBuild commands from fixed arguments; do not interpolate untrusted strings into a shell.
- References a credential file in the home directory≈ +4 on the totalStop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.
- Access to sensitive file paths≈ +4 on the totalStop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.
- Pipe-to-shell pattern≈ +4 on the totalBuild commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.
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