Skills/PyPI/iflow-mcp-ilyagusev-academia-mcp

iflow-mcp-ilyagusev-academia-mcp@1.13.6

VERIFIED

Publisher claims: "MCP server that provides different tools to search for scientific publications" Observed in sandbox: no network, touches nothing outside the project, writes no memory.

Registry PyPI (MCP server)Publisher ilyagusev · joined 8 days agoInstalls 23Last detonated 7 h ago
$claude mcp add iflow-mcp-ilyagusev-academia-mcp -- uvx iflow-mcp_ilyagusev-academia_mcp
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KillerSkills ran it in the KillerSkills honeypot sandbox (2 scenarios) on 2026-11-03 and scored it 81/100 (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 deviations
t+CategoryObserved action
0.0sprocessno install scripts in bundle
0.2sprocessdependency install exit 1
0.2sprocessexec /usr/bin/timeout
0.2sprocessexec .venv/bin/academia_mcp
0.2sprocessexited 127: timeout: failed to run command '.venv/bin/academia_mcp': No such file or directory
0.2sclaimedno tools/list reply (exit 127)
0.2sprocessscript backend runs setup only

Static findings

MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedacademia_mcp/tools/latex.py:122 · Python subprocess execution detectedFix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.
AST05
HIGH
Access to sensitive file pathsacademia_mcp/settings.py:39 · 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
URL with embedded credentialsacademia_mcp/utils.py:209 · 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.
AST07