cortex-mcp@0.9.262
CAUTIONPublisher claims: "Connect your AI assistant to Cortex — your org's projects, activity, gaps, and directives, scoped to you." Observed in sandbox: no network, touches nothing outside the project, writes no memory.
Registry npm (MCP server)Publisher theronap · joined 1 days agoInstalls 15,602Last detonated 2 h ago
Is [email protected] safe to install?
KillerSkills ran it in the KillerSkills honeypot sandbox (1 scenario) on 2026-10-26 and scored it 68/100 (Caution). It is not known to be malicious, but it has behaviour or code a security policy should decide on before install. Notable findings: npx invocation of non-well-known package; npx invocation of non-well-known package; npx invocation of non-well-known package. Summary: no network, touches nothing outside the project, writes no memory.
Behavior trace
Honeypot run · 0 s · 1 scenarios · 0 deviationst+CategoryObserved action
0.0sprocessno install scripts in bundle
0.0sprocessscript backend runs setup only
0.0sprocessscript backend runs setup only
Static findings
HIGH
npx invocation of non-well-known packagebin/cortex-mcp.mjs:106 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagebin/cortex-mcp.mjs:97 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagebin/cortex-mcp.mjs:157 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagebin/cortex-mcp.mjs:16 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagebin/cortex-mcp.mjs:310 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagelib/rename_notice.mjs:30 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagelib/uninstall.mjs:17 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagelib/setup.mjs:25 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagelib/editors/claude.mjs:102 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagelib/setup.mjs:135 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagelib/uninstall.mjs:133 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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Access to sensitive file pathslib/diagnose.mjs:84 · 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.
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File permission modification commandlib/custom_sources.mjs:142 · File permission modification command — agent changes file ownership/permissionsFix: Request the narrowest permission that works; replace wildcards with the exact paths or hosts.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagelib/capture_status.mjs:24 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagelib/use_brain.mjs:48 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagelib/install.mjs:80 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagelib/editors/claude.mjs:91 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagelib/editors/claude.mjs:161 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagelib/managed.mjs:30 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagelib/editors/antigravity.mjs:12 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagelib/publish_targets.mjs:15 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagelib/channel.mjs:33 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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Instructs the agent to modify its persistent memory or instruction fileslib/rename_notice.mjs:29 · Instructs the agent to modify its persistent memory or instruction filesFix: Remove the text that addresses the agent rather than the reader; describe behavior, do not instruct.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagelib/doctor.mjs:24 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagelib/setup.mjs:73 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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Outbound HTTP to raw IP addresslib/diagnose.mjs:584 · Outbound HTTP to raw IP address — may bypass domain-based monitoringFix: Replace encoded or assembled strings with plain literals and remove undeclared network calls.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagelib/setup.mjs:43 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packageskills/author-docs/SKILL.md:24 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagelib/editors/claude.mjs:111 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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Access to sensitive file pathslib/with_token.mjs:8 · 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.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagelib/uninstall.mjs:146 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagelib/doctor.mjs:75 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagelib/channel.mjs:265 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagelib/uninstall.mjs:130 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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Access to sensitive file pathslib/edge_extract.mjs:121 · 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.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagelib/editors/claude.mjs:117 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagelib/diagnose.mjs:794 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagelib/editors/codex.mjs:101 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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Access to sensitive file pathslib/diagnose.mjs:73 · 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.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagelib/editors/codex.mjs:28 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagelib/doctor.mjs:112 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packageskills/author-docs/SKILL.md:58 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagelib/setup.mjs:71 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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File type combined with upload actionlib/report_spool.mjs:167 · File type combined with upload action — agent may exfiltrate local data filesFix: Remove the call, or declare the host in frontmatter and explain in the README what is sent and why.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packageskills/log/SKILL.md:85 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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URL using raw IP addresslib/diagnose.mjs:584 · URL using raw IP address — may bypass domain-based filteringFix: Replace encoded or assembled strings with plain literals and remove undeclared network calls.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packageskills/log/SKILL.md:70 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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File type combined with upload actionlib/redact.mjs:28 · File type combined with upload action — agent may exfiltrate local data filesFix: Remove the call, or declare the host in frontmatter and explain in the README what is sent and why.
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File type combined with upload actionlib/report_spool.mjs:168 · File type combined with upload action — agent may exfiltrate local data filesFix: Remove the call, or declare the host in frontmatter and explain in the README what is sent and why.
AST07What would make this Verified
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- npx invocation of non-well-known package≈ +4 on the totalPin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
- 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.
- File permission modification command≈ +4 on the totalRequest the narrowest permission that works; replace wildcards with the exact paths or hosts.
- Outbound HTTP to raw IP address≈ +4 on the totalReplace encoded or assembled strings with plain literals and remove undeclared network calls.
- File type combined with upload action≈ +2 on the totalRemove the call, or declare the host in frontmatter and explain in the README what is sent and why.
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