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Evidence

The sandbox observed nothing beyond the static findings; the proposal cites those.

diff --git a/mcp_guard/backtest.py b/mcp_guard/backtest.py
--- a/mcp_guard/backtest.py
+++ b/mcp_guard/backtest.py
@@ -238,1 +238,0 @@
-{"path": "~/.ssh/id_rsa"}, alice_ctx, "deny",
@@ -243,1 +242,0 @@
-{"path": "~/.aws/credentials"}, alice_ctx, "deny",
@@ -328,1 +326,0 @@
-{"path": "~/.aws/credentials", "content": "[default]\naws_access_key_id=..."},
@@ -400,1 +397,0 @@
-{"command": "echo $(cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa)"}, bob_ctx, "deny",
@@ -587,1 +583,0 @@
-{"path": "~/.kube/config"}, alice_ctx, "deny",
@@ -1250,1 +1245,0 @@
-{"command": "cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa | base64"},
diff --git a/tests/test_mcp_guard.py b/tests/test_mcp_guard.py
--- a/tests/test_mcp_guard.py
+++ b/tests/test_mcp_guard.py
@@ -245,1 +245,0 @@
-d = evaluate(default_policy, "read_file", {"path": "~/.ssh/id_rsa"}, alice_ctx)
@@ -348,1 +347,0 @@
-{"command": "echo $(cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa)"}, alice_ctx)

Zero-context hunks: apply with git apply --unidiff-zero fix.patch on the tagged source of 0.5.2. If the behavior is intended, declare it (host under permissions.network, a line in the README) instead of removing it; the next crawl scores declarations.

Issue / PR body

Title: mcp-guardrails: References a credential file in the home directory (KillerSkills verdict caution 68)

## What the honeypot observed
KillerSkills ran **[email protected]** in an isolated sandbox (decoy credentials, recording proxy, syscall trace; engine 1.8.1) and scored it **CAUTION 68/100**. Summary: no network, touches nothing outside the project, writes no memory.

- See the findings below.

Full trace and findings: https://killerskills.ai/skills/pypi/mcp-guardrails/0.5.2

## Findings with a location
- `mcp_guard/backtest.py:587` · References a credential file in the home directory — mcp_guard/backtest.py:587 · References a credential file in the home directory
- `tests/test_mcp_guard.py:348` · Reads credential paths from the home directory — tests/test_mcp_guard.py:348 · Reads credential paths from the home directory
- `tests/test_mcp_guard.py:245` · Reads credential paths from the home directory — tests/test_mcp_guard.py:245 · Reads credential paths from the home directory
- `tests/test_mcp_guard.py:348` · References a credential file in the home directory — tests/test_mcp_guard.py:348 · References a credential file in the home directory
- `tests/test_mcp_guard.py:245` · References a credential file in the home directory — tests/test_mcp_guard.py:245 · References a credential file in the home directory
- `mcp_guard/backtest.py:400` · Reads credential paths from the home directory — mcp_guard/backtest.py:400 · Reads credential paths from the home directory
- `mcp_guard/backtest.py:1250` · Reads credential paths from the home directory — mcp_guard/backtest.py:1250 · Reads credential paths from the home directory
- `mcp_guard/backtest.py:243` · References a credential file in the home directory — mcp_guard/backtest.py:243 · References a credential file in the home directory
- `mcp_guard/backtest.py:238` · References a credential file in the home directory — mcp_guard/backtest.py:238 · References a credential file in the home directory
- `mcp_guard/backtest.py:400` · References a credential file in the home directory — mcp_guard/backtest.py:400 · References a credential file in the home directory
- `mcp_guard/backtest.py:328` · References a credential file in the home directory — mcp_guard/backtest.py:328 · References a credential file in the home directory

## Proposed change
The attached patch removes the 8 lines above. If the behavior is intended, the fix is to declare it instead: list the host under `permissions.network` (or the MCP manifest) and say in the README why the package needs it; the next crawl will re-score it with the declaration taken into account.

## How this will be verified
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_Proposed through killerskills.ai/threats by a user of the package, under their own GitHub account. The evidence is public; the package was never modified by KillerSkills._