Skills/PyPI/mcp-ocr-mini

mcp-ocr-mini@0.1.6

CAUTION· static only

Publisher claims: "A simple MCP server using Tesseract for OCR capability" Observed in sandbox: static analysis only — behavior not yet observed.

Registry PyPI (MCP server)Publisher en01 · publishing for 529 daysInstalls 12Last detonated 6d ago
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Coverage

Static only; nothing was run yet.

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It will ask for
no credential variables read in the code
Where it talks to
no vendor host named in the codeAlso githubusercontent.com — not the publisher's domain; check what for before connecting.
What the honeypot saw
nothing has run yet
What we could not test
everything: the server has not run yet

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KillerSkills analysed it statically (a sandbox run is pending) on 2026-11-08 and scored it 58/100 (Caution). It is not known to be malicious, but it has behaviour or code a security policy should decide on before install. Notable findings: Direct script execution from GitHub raw URL; Privileged sudo command; Privileged sudo command. Summary: static analysis only — behavior not yet observed.

Behavior trace

Queued for honeypot run · static analysis only
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This version has not been detonated yet. The score above counts behavior as unknown (50/100), so it cannot read Verified until the honeypot run completes and replaces this verdict.

Static findings

HIGH
Direct script execution from GitHub raw URLsrc/mcp_ocr_mini/install_tesseract.py:85 · Direct script execution from GitHub raw URL — unverified code source"$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"Fix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
AST06
HIGH
Privileged sudo commandsrc/mcp_ocr_mini/install_tesseract.py:153 · Privileged sudo command — agent may execute with elevated privilegesprint("- Fedora: sudo dnf install tesseract", file=sys.stderr)Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments; do not interpolate untrusted strings into a shell.
AST05
HIGH
Privileged sudo commandsrc/mcp_ocr_mini/install_tesseract.py:152 · Privileged sudo command — agent may execute with elevated privilegesprint("- Ubuntu/Debian: sudo apt-get install tesseract-ocr", file=sys.stderr)Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments; do not interpolate untrusted strings into a shell.
AST05
HIGH
Privileged sudo commandsrc/mcp_ocr_mini/install_tesseract.py:154 · Privileged sudo command — agent may execute with elevated privilegesprint("- Arch: sudo pacman -S tesseract", file=sys.stderr)Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments; do not interpolate untrusted strings into a shell.
AST05
MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedsrc/mcp_ocr_mini/install_tesseract.py:23 · Python subprocess execution detectedsubprocess.run(["which", "brew"], stdout=sys.stderr, stderr=sys.stderr, check=True)Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.
AST05
MEDIUM
Privileged sudo command.github/workflows/publish.yml:40 · Privileged sudo command — agent may execute with elevated privilegessudo apt-get install -y tesseract-ocrFix: Build commands from fixed arguments; do not interpolate untrusted strings into a shell.
AST05
MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedsrc/mcp_ocr_mini/install_tesseract.py:87 · Python subprocess execution detectedsubprocess.run(install_cmd, stdout=sys.stderr, stderr=sys.stderr, check=True)Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.
AST05
MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedsrc/mcp_ocr_mini/server.py:54 · Python subprocess execution detectedsubprocess.run(["tesseract", "--version"], stdout=sys.stderr, stderr=sys.stderr, check=True)Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.
AST05
MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedsrc/mcp_ocr_mini/install_tesseract.py:132 · Python subprocess execution detectedsubprocess.run(["sudo", "apt-get", "update"], stdout=sys.stderr, stderr=sys.stderr, check=True)Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.
AST05
HIGH
Direct script execution from GitHub raw URLsrc/mcp_ocr_mini/install_tesseract.py:151 · Direct script execution from GitHub raw URL — unverified code sourceprint(" Homebrew install: /bin/bash -c \"$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)\"", file=sys.stderr)Fix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
AST06
MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedsrc/mcp_ocr_mini/server.py:36 · Python subprocess execution detectedsubprocess.run(["tesseract", "--version"], stdout=sys.stderr, stderr=sys.stderr, check=True)Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.
AST05
MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedsrc/mcp_ocr_mini/install_tesseract.py:40 · Python subprocess execution detectedsubprocess.run(["winget", "--version"], stdout=sys.stderr, stderr=sys.stderr, check=True)Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.
AST05
MEDIUM
Privileged sudo command.github/workflows/publish.yml:39 · Privileged sudo command — agent may execute with elevated privilegessudo apt-get updateFix: Build commands from fixed arguments; do not interpolate untrusted strings into a shell.
AST05
MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedsrc/mcp_ocr_mini/install_tesseract.py:128 · Python subprocess execution detectedsubprocess.run(["brew", "install", "tesseract"], stdout=sys.stderr, stderr=sys.stderr, check=True)Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.
AST05

Cost to the agent

Instructions loaded
≈50 tok
1 file · 13 in bundle

Tokens estimated at four characters each. Skills load their instruction text when triggered; the figure is what that costs.

Known vulnerabilities

No advisories in OSV for mcp-ocr-mini@0.1.6 as of 6d ago. This is the package itself, not its dependencies.

What would make this Verified

22 points to 80 · weights: behavior 45%, static 25%, prompt 15%, publisher 15%
  1. Unclaimed publisher≈ +8 on the totalClaim en01: a verified publisher gets +50 on publisher trust. It is free and usually instant with GitHub sign-in.
  2. Direct script execution from GitHub raw URL≈ +4 on the totalPin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
  3. Privileged sudo command≈ +4 on the totalBuild commands from fixed arguments; do not interpolate untrusted strings into a shell.
  4. Python subprocess execution detected≈ +2 on the totalBuild commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.
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