mcp-vulnerabilities@1.7.10
VERIFIED· not startedPublisher claims: "Open-Source OSV-Compliant Model Context Protocol (MCP) Vulnerability Advisory Database" Observed in sandbox: no network, touches nothing outside the project, writes no memory.
Registry PyPI (MCP server)Publisher pypi · publishing for 723 daysInstalls 4,313Last detonated 3d 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
DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URLGH_TOKENGITHUB_TOKENGLAMA_API_KEYNVD_API_KEYSLACK_WEBHOOK_URLor--no-authConfiguration, not credentials: MCP_CACHE_DIR, MCP_VULN_CACHE_DIR, MCP_VULN_HOST, MCP_VULN_PORT- Where it talks to
- no vendor host named in the codeAlso githubusercontent.com, osv.dev, nist.gov, jsdelivr.net, shields.io, apple.com, glama.ai, jsonfeed.org, cve.org, first.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 with a scoped credential, under the guard, and read the third-party hosts first. The code names githubusercontent.com, osv.dev, nist.gov, jsdelivr.net, shields.io, apple.com, glama.ai, jsonfeed.org, cve.org, first.org as well as its own vendor. The guard injects DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL, GH_TOKEN, GITHUB_TOKEN, GLAMA_API_KEY, NVD_API_KEY, SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL only into requests to the host you bind (and its subdomains) and refuses the rest.
$vet-skills run --net declared -- uvx mcp-vulnerabilities
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 2026-11-11 and scored it 84/100 (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
npx invocation of non-well-known packagesrc/mcp_vulnerabilities/cli.py:369 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted code
AST06aud_p.add_argument("--global", dest="audit_global", action="store_true", help="Audit globally installed npm/npx MCP packages")Fix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedsrc/mcp_vulnerabilities/audit/tui.py:195 · Python subprocess execution detected
AST05p = subprocess.Popen(['clip'], stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.MEDIUM
npx invocation of non-well-known packagesrc/mcp_vulnerabilities/audit/parsers.py:477 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted code
AST06"""Discovers globally installed npm and npx cached MCP servers."""Fix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.MEDIUM
File type combined with upload actionsrc/mcp_vulnerabilities/cli.py:334 · File type combined with upload action — agent may exfiltrate local data files
AST07"--output-gz", default="vulnerabilities.json.gz", help="Output gzip file path"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_vulnerabilities/cli.py:110 · File type combined with upload action — agent may exfiltrate local data files
AST07"--catalog-file", default="data/mcp_servers.json", help="Output catalog path"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 pathssrc/mcp_vulnerabilities/bot/scanner.py:13 · Access to sensitive file paths — SSH keys, AWS credentials, env files, or system files
AST05IGNORE_DIRS = {".git", "node_modules", ".venv", "venv", "env", ".env", "dist", "build"}Fix: Stop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedsrc/mcp_vulnerabilities/discovery/gitlab.py:30 · Python subprocess execution detected
AST05subprocess.run(["git", "-C", str(repo_dir), "reset", "--hard", "origin/main"], check=True, capture_output=True)Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedsrc/mcp_vulnerabilities/bot/pr_builder.py:29 · Python subprocess execution detected
AST05return subprocess.run(cmd, cwd=self.repo_root, capture_output=True, check=check)Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedsrc/mcp_vulnerabilities/audit/tui.py:187 · Python subprocess execution detected
AST05p = subprocess.Popen(['pbcopy'], stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.MEDIUM
npx invocation of non-well-known packagesrc/mcp_vulnerabilities/audit/parsers.py:307 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted code
AST06"""Discovers and parses MCP configurations across 17 AI clients + global npm/npx packages."""Fix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedsrc/mcp_vulnerabilities/daemon/monitor.py:97 · Python subprocess execution detected
AST05subprocess.run(["osascript", "-e", script], check=False, stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedsrc/mcp_vulnerabilities/discovery/gitlab.py:31 · Python subprocess execution detected
AST05subprocess.run(["git", "-C", str(repo_dir), "pull", "--rebase"], check=True, capture_output=True)Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedsrc/mcp_vulnerabilities/discovery/gitlab.py:37 · Python subprocess execution detected
AST05subprocess.run(["git", "clone", "--filter=blob:none", "--sparse", self.repo_url, str(repo_dir)], check=True, capture_output=True)Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedsrc/mcp_vulnerabilities/daemon/monitor.py:104 · Python subprocess execution detected
AST05subprocess.run(["notify-send", title, message, f"--urgency={urgency}"], check=False, stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedsrc/mcp_vulnerabilities/audit/tui.py:191 · Python subprocess execution detected
AST05p = subprocess.Popen(['xclip', '-selection', 'clipboard'], stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedsrc/mcp_vulnerabilities/sandbox/runner.py:128 · Python subprocess execution detected
AST05subprocess.run(exec_cmd, capture_output=True, text=True, check=True, timeout=self.timeout)Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedsrc/mcp_vulnerabilities/discovery/gitlab.py:40 · Python subprocess execution detected
AST05subprocess.run(["git", "-C", str(repo_dir), "sparse-checkout", "add", eco], check=True, capture_output=True)Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedsrc/mcp_vulnerabilities/sandbox/engine.py:12 · Python subprocess execution detected
AST05subprocess.run(Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedsrc/mcp_vulnerabilities/sandbox/runner.py:109 · Python subprocess execution detected
AST05result = subprocess.run(run_cmd, capture_output=True, text=True, check=True)Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedsrc/mcp_vulnerabilities/sandbox/drivers.py:176 · Python subprocess execution detected
AST05subprocess.run(Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedsrc/mcp_vulnerabilities/sandbox/engine.py:34 · Python subprocess execution detected
AST05result = subprocess.run(Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedsrc/mcp_vulnerabilities/probe/transport.py:78 · Python subprocess execution detected
AST05self.process = subprocess.Popen(Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedsrc/mcp_vulnerabilities/sandbox/runner.py:88 · Python subprocess execution detected
AST05result = subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True, text=True, check=True)Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedsrc/mcp_vulnerabilities/sandbox/runner.py:69 · Python subprocess execution detected
AST05subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True, text=True, check=True, timeout=self.timeout)Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedsrc/mcp_vulnerabilities/sandbox/runner.py:184 · Python subprocess execution detected
AST05subprocess.run([self.engine_cmd, "rm", "-f", container_id], capture_output=True, check=False)Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedsrc/mcp_vulnerabilities/sandbox/drivers.py:171 · Python subprocess execution detected
AST05subprocess.run(launch_cmd, check=True, capture_output=True, timeout=timeout)Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.Cost to the agent
Instructions loaded
≈62 tok
1 file · 81 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-vulnerabilities@1.7.10 as of 3d ago. This is the package itself, not its dependencies.