Skills/npm/mcp-server

mcp-server@4.29.0

VERIFIED

Publisher claims: "MCP server for Open Ephemeris — NASA JPL DE440 astrology and astronomy, with interactive charts that render inline in Claude and ChatGPT" Observed in sandbox: no network, touches nothing outside the project, writes no memory.

Registry npm (MCP server)Publisher openephemeris · joined 5 days agoInstalls 1,757Last detonated 5d ago
$claude mcp add mcp-server -- npx -y @openephemeris/mcp-server
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KillerSkills ran it in the KillerSkills honeypot sandbox (2 scenarios) on 2026-10-29 and scored it 80/100 (Verified). It did what it claims and nothing else we could detect: no undeclared network egress, no credential reads, no persistent instruction writes. Summary: no network, touches nothing outside the project, writes no memory.

Behavior trace

Honeypot run · 1 s · 2 scenarios · 0 deviations
t+CategoryObserved action
0.0sprocessno install scripts in bundle
0.8sprocessdependency install exit 1
0.9sprocessexec /usr/bin/timeout
0.9sprocessexited 1: Node.js v22.23.4
0.9sclaimedno tools/list reply (exit 1)
0.9sprocessscript backend runs setup only

Static findings

HIGH
Access to sensitive file pathsdist/auth/credentials.js:51 · 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.
AST05
HIGH
Authorization escalation languageREADME.md:207 · Authorization escalation languageFix: Remove the text that addresses the agent rather than the reader; describe behavior, do not instruct.
AST01
CRITICAL
Prompt injectionREADME.md:207 · Prompt injection — known jailbreak technique referenceFix: Keep SKILL.md to visible, descriptive text. Remove comments and encoded text that address the agent.
AST01
MEDIUM
File type combined with upload actiondist/server-sse.js:544 · 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.
AST07
MEDIUM
Process kill commanddist/server-sse.js:1046 · Process kill command — agent can terminate processesFix: Build commands from fixed arguments; do not interpolate untrusted strings into a shell.
AST05
MEDIUM
MCP server using network transport (SSE/HTTP)dist/oauth/discovery.js:11 · 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.
AST04
mcp-server@4.29.0 safety verdict: Verified 80/100 — KillerSkills