mcp-pdf@2026.9.22
VERIFIED· not startedPublisher claims: "Secure FastMCP server for comprehensive PDF processing - text extraction, OCR, table extraction, forms, annotations, and more" Observed in sandbox: no network, touches nothing outside the project, writes no memory.
Registry PyPI (MCP server)Publisher rsp2k · publishing for 434 daysInstalls 1,468Last detonated 6d ago
Coverage
Not started: dependency install failed; the server itself was not observed.- Tested
- the dependency install step · every file read, file written and host contacted by what ran
- Not tested
- server startup · the tool list · tool behavior
What this means for the label: Verified here covers what ran. The server's tools were not exercised with a real credential, so nothing about their behavior is asserted; the credential summary below says what to do with that.
Before you give it your token
- It will ask for
- no credential variables read in the code
- Where it talks to
- no vendor host named in the codeAlso pandoc.org — not the publisher's domain; check what for before connecting.
- What the honeypot saw
- no credential files read · no network
- What we could not test
- server startup · the tool list · tool behavior
Connect it under the guard. Not started: dependency install failed; the server itself was not observed. The code names no credential variable; the guard pins the network to what the honeypot saw and logs every call.
$vet-skills run --net declared -- uvx mcp-pdf
Never paste a credential into a chat, a ticket or a report, including ours. How the guard holds it.
Is [email protected] safe to install?
KillerSkills ran it in the KillerSkills honeypot sandbox (2 scenarios; not started: dependency install failed; the server itself was not observed) on 2026-11-08 and scored it 83/100 (Verified). In what ran, nothing we could detect went wrong: no undeclared network egress, no credential reads, no persistent instruction writes. What it does with a real credential was not observed; the static findings and the publisher carry the rest of the score. 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 ·
0.1sclaimednot started: dependency install failed (exit 1); the server itself was not observed
0.1sprocessscript backend runs setup only
0.1sprocessno install scripts to re-run
Static findings
MEDIUM
Excessive HTML entities detectedtests/test_xfa.py:251 · Excessive HTML entities detected — may be obfuscating content
AST07b"<!ENTITY b '&a;&a;&a;&a;&a;&a;&a;&a;&a;&a;'>"Fix: Put hosts, commands and strings in plain source. Decoding at runtime looks identical to malware and costs points on its own.LOW
Collapsed <details> block carrying instructionsREADME.md:54 · Collapsed <details> block carrying instructions · informational: not an instruction file
AST01<summary><b>Development Installation</b></summary> ```bash git clone https://github.com/rsp2k/mcp-pdf cd mcp-pdf uv sync # System dependencies (Ubuntu/Debian) sFix: Remove the text that addresses the agent rather than the reader; describe behavior, do not instruct.MEDIUM
Access to sensitive file pathstests/test_xfa.py:268 · Access to sensitive file paths — SSH keys, AWS credentials, env files, or system files
AST05b"<!DOCTYPE t [<!ENTITY x SYSTEM 'file:///etc/passwd'>]>"Fix: Stop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.MEDIUM
File type combined with upload actionsrc/mcp_pdf/mixins_official/text_extraction.py:229 · File type combined with upload action — agent may exfiltrate local data files
AST07"'<stem>_ocr.txt' in output_directory (a fresh temp directory when "Fix: Remove the call, or declare the host in frontmatter and explain in the README what is sent and why.MEDIUM
File type combined with upload actionsrc/mcp_pdf/mixins_official/text_extraction.py:61 · File type combined with upload action — agent may exfiltrate local data files
AST07"destructiveHint": True, # overwrites <stem>.txt in output_directoryFix: Remove the call, or declare the host in frontmatter and explain in the README what is sent and why.MEDIUM
Excessive HTML entities detectedtests/test_xfa.py:253 · Excessive HTML entities detected — may be obfuscating content
AST07b"<!ENTITY d '&c;&c;&c;&c;&c;&c;&c;&c;&c;&c;'>"Fix: Put hosts, commands and strings in plain source. Decoding at runtime looks identical to malware and costs points on its own.MEDIUM
Excessive HTML entities detectedtests/test_xfa.py:255 · Excessive HTML entities detected — may be obfuscating content
AST07b"<!ENTITY f '&e;&e;&e;&e;&e;&e;&e;&e;&e;&e;'>"Fix: Put hosts, commands and strings in plain source. Decoding at runtime looks identical to malware and costs points on its own.LOW
Context shift attemptQUICKSTART.md:200 · Context shift attempt — trying to change operational mode · informational: not an instruction file · informational: not an instruction file
AST01- Enable debug mode: Set `DEBUG=true` in your .env fileFix: Remove the text that addresses the agent rather than the reader; describe behavior, do not instruct.MEDIUM
File type combined with upload action.github/workflows/security.yml:35 · File type combined with upload action — agent may exfiltrate local data files
AST07uv run safety check --policy-file .safety-policy.json --output json > safety-report.json || trueFix: Remove the call, or declare the host in frontmatter and explain in the README what is sent and why.MEDIUM
File type combined with upload actionsrc/mcp_pdf/mixins_official/text_extraction.py:39 · File type combined with upload action — agent may exfiltrate local data files
AST07"Extract text from PDF and write to a .txt file. Returns the output "Fix: Remove the call, or declare the host in frontmatter and explain in the README what is sent and why.HIGH
Access to sensitive file pathspyproject.toml:119 · Access to sensitive file paths — SSH keys, AWS credentials, env files, or system files
AST05".env", ".env.local", # never ship credentialsFix: Stop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.MEDIUM
Excessive HTML entities detectedtests/test_xfa.py:254 · Excessive HTML entities detected — may be obfuscating content
AST07b"<!ENTITY e '&d;&d;&d;&d;&d;&d;&d;&d;&d;&d;'>"Fix: Put hosts, commands and strings in plain source. Decoding at runtime looks identical to malware and costs points on its own.MEDIUM
File type combined with upload actionsrc/mcp_pdf/mixins_official/text_extraction.py:262 · File type combined with upload action — agent may exfiltrate local data files
AST07"destructiveHint": True, # overwrites <stem>_ocr.txt in output_directoryFix: Remove the call, or declare the host in frontmatter and explain in the README what is sent and why.MEDIUM
Excessive HTML entities detectedtests/test_xfa.py:252 · Excessive HTML entities detected — may be obfuscating content
AST07b"<!ENTITY c '&b;&b;&b;&b;&b;&b;&b;&b;&b;&b;'>"Fix: Put hosts, commands and strings in plain source. Decoding at runtime looks identical to malware and costs points on its own.MEDIUM
File type combined with upload actionsrc/mcp_pdf/mixins_official/structure_detection.py:79 · File type combined with upload action — agent may exfiltrate local data files
AST07"destructiveHint": True, # overwrites {stem}_structure.json in the output dirFix: Remove the call, or declare the host in frontmatter and explain in the README what is sent and why.Cost to the agent
Instructions loaded
≈67 tok
1 file · 44 in bundle
Tool list per prompt
≈0 tok
0 tools · 0 per tool
Handshake
no reply
launch to tools/list, stdio
Undocumented tools
0
description under 20 chars · avg 0
Tokens estimated at four characters each. The tool list is re-read by the agent on every turn, so it is the number to compare between servers that do the same job: ranked across the index.
Known vulnerabilities
No advisories in OSV for mcp-pdf@2026.9.22 as of 6d ago. This is the package itself, not its dependencies.