apaper-mcp@0.3.5
VERIFIEDPublisher claims: "Academic paper research MCP server" Observed in sandbox: no network, touches nothing outside the project, writes no memory.
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KillerSkills ran it in the KillerSkills honeypot sandbox (2 scenarios) on 2026-10-27 and scored it 85/100 (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 · 0 s · 2 scenarios · 0 deviationst+CategoryObserved action
0.0sprocessno install scripts in bundle
0.1sprocessdependency install exit 1
0.1sprocessexec /usr/bin/timeout
0.1sprocessexec .venv/bin/apaper-mcp
0.1sprocessexited 127: timeout: failed to run command '.venv/bin/apaper-mcp': No such file or directory
0.1sclaimedno tools/list reply (exit 127)
0.1sprocessscript backend runs setup only
Static findings
MEDIUM
URL with embedded credentialstests/test_iacr.py:86 · URL with embedded credentials — may be phishing or credential leakingFix: Stop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.
AST07MEDIUM
URL with embedded credentialstests/test_iacr.py:68 · URL with embedded credentials — may be phishing or credential leakingFix: Stop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.
AST07MEDIUM
Dense URL-encoded contenttests/test_cnki.py:18 · Dense URL-encoded content — may be obfuscating payloadsFix: Put hosts, commands and strings in plain source. Decoding at runtime looks identical to malware and costs points on its own.
AST07