Skills/PyPI/mcp-sniffer

mcp-sniffer@0.1.5

CAUTION· static only

Publisher claims: "MCP Sniffer captures network traffic between MCP clients and servers and displays it in a web UI." Observed in sandbox: static analysis only — behavior not yet observed.

Registry PyPI (MCP server)Publisher shivdeepak · publishing for 574 daysInstalls 32Last detonated 5d ago

Coverage

Static only; nothing was run yet.

The label rests on the code, the instruction files and the publisher. The honeypot run replaces this verdict when it completes.

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 react.dev — 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

Run it before you trust it. Nothing has run yet: the code was read, the server was not. `vet-skills try` runs this exact version in the honeypot in about a minute.

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 analysed it statically (a sandbox run is pending) on 2026-11-09 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: Base64 encoding combined with network call; document.cookie access. Summary: static analysis only — behavior not yet observed.

Behavior trace

Queued for honeypot run · static analysis only
t+CategoryObserved action

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
Base64 encoding combined with network callmcp_sniffer/frontend/assets/index-C2Bke4D9.js:51 · Base64 encoding combined with network call — potential data exfiltration…lowAbsoluteUrls),i.params,i.paramsSerializer),E&&y.set("Authorization","Basic "+btoa((E.username||"")+":"+(E.password?unescape(encodeURIComponent(E.password)):"")));let R;if(D.isFormData(c)){if(ae.hasStandardBrowserEnv||ae.hasStandardBrows…Fix: Put hosts, commands and strings in plain source. Decoding at runtime looks identical to malware and costs points on its own.
AST07
HIGH
document.cookie accessmcp_sniffer/frontend/assets/index-C2Bke4D9.js:51 · document.cookie access — can steal session cookies…&&y.push("path="+r),D.isString(o)&&y.push("domain="+o),d===!0&&y.push("secure"),document.cookie=y.join("; ")},read(i){const u=document.cookie.match(new RegExp("(^|;\\s*)("+i+"…Fix: Replace encoded or assembled strings with plain literals and remove undeclared network calls.
AST07

Cost to the agent

Instructions loaded
≈60 tok
1 file · 22 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-sniffer@0.1.5 as of 5d 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 shivdeepak: a verified publisher gets +50 on publisher trust. It is free and usually instant with GitHub sign-in.
  2. Obfuscated code≈ +5 on the totalRemove base64-assembled strings, eval of decoded text and minified blobs. Reviewers and scanners both treat unreadable code as hostile.
  3. Base64 encoding combined with network call≈ +4 on the totalPut hosts, commands and strings in plain source. Decoding at runtime looks identical to malware and costs points on its own.
  4. document.cookie access≈ +4 on the totalReplace encoded or assembled strings with plain literals and remove undeclared network calls.
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