Skills/PyPI/pbix-mcp

pbix-mcp@0.9.153

CAUTION· not started

Publisher claims: "MCP server for creating, reading, writing, and evaluating Power BI .pbix/.pbit files — no Power BI Desktop required" Observed in sandbox: no network, touches nothing outside the project, writes no memory.

Registry PyPI (MCP server)Publisher d0nk3yhm · publishing for 234 daysInstalls 5,732Last detonated 2 h ago
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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: Caution 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 openxmlformats.org, microsoft.com, githubusercontent.com — 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 pbix-mcp

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 2026-11-14 and scored it 79/100 (Caution). It is not known to be malicious, but it has behaviour or code a security policy should decide on before install. Notable findings: Hex-encoded string detected; Hex-encoded string detected; Hex-encoded string detected. 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
0.2sprocessscript backend runs setup only
0.2sprocessno install scripts to re-run

Static findings

HIGH
Hex-encoded string detectedsrc/pbix_mcp/formats/vertipaq_encoder.py:33 · Hex-encoded string detected — may contain obfuscated payloadsTAG_CP_OPEN = b"\x3C\x31\x3A\x43\x50\x00" # <1:CP\0Fix: Put hosts, commands and strings in plain source. Decoding at runtime looks identical to malware and costs points on its own.
AST07
HIGH
Hex-encoded string detectedsrc/pbix_mcp/formats/vertipaq_decoder.py:69 · Hex-encoded string detected — may contain obfuscated payloads_TAG_CS_OPEN = b"\x3C\x31\x3A\x43\x53\x00"Fix: Put hosts, commands and strings in plain source. Decoding at runtime looks identical to malware and costs points on its own.
AST07
HIGH
Hex-encoded string detectedsrc/pbix_mcp/formats/vertipaq_decoder.py:72 · Hex-encoded string detected — may contain obfuscated payloads_TAG_CS_CLOSE = b"\x43\x53\x3A\x31\x3E\x00"Fix: Put hosts, commands and strings in plain source. Decoding at runtime looks identical to malware and costs points on its own.
AST07
HIGH
Hex-encoded string detectedsrc/pbix_mcp/formats/vertipaq_decoder.py:71 · Hex-encoded string detected — may contain obfuscated payloads_TAG_SS_CLOSE = b"\x53\x53\x3A\x31\x3E\x00"Fix: Put hosts, commands and strings in plain source. Decoding at runtime looks identical to malware and costs points on its own.
AST07
HIGH
Hidden zero-width characters detectedsrc/pbix_mcp/dax/collation.py:311 · Hidden zero-width characters detected — may conceal content"a­b" has two (SEARCH("ab", ...) is 1, SEARCH("a?b", ...) fails).Fix: Keep SKILL.md to visible, descriptive text. Remove comments and encoded text that address the agent.
AST07
HIGH
Hex-encoded string detectedsrc/pbix_mcp/formats/vertipaq_decoder.py:70 · Hex-encoded string detected — may contain obfuscated payloads_TAG_SS_OPEN = b"\x3C\x31\x3A\x53\x53\x00"Fix: Put hosts, commands and strings in plain source. Decoding at runtime looks identical to malware and costs points on its own.
AST07
HIGH
Hex-encoded string detectedsrc/pbix_mcp/formats/vertipaq_encoder.py:34 · Hex-encoded string detected — may contain obfuscated payloadsTAG_CP_CLOSE = b"\x43\x50\x3A\x31\x3E\x00" # CP:1>\0Fix: Put hosts, commands and strings in plain source. Decoding at runtime looks identical to malware and costs points on its own.
AST07
HIGH
Hex-encoded string detectedsrc/pbix_mcp/formats/vertipaq_decoder.py:68 · Hex-encoded string detected — may contain obfuscated payloads_TAG_CP_OPEN = b"\x3C\x31\x3A\x43\x50\x00"Fix: Put hosts, commands and strings in plain source. Decoding at runtime looks identical to malware and costs points on its own.
AST07
HIGH
Hidden zero-width characters detectedsrc/pbix_mcp/dax/collation.py:359 · Hidden zero-width characters detected — may conceal content"e") and SEARCH("?" & U+0301, "e" & U+0300) are 1, probes Q2a, Q2b). Unsortable characters weigh nothing ("­b" finds "b")."""Fix: Keep SKILL.md to visible, descriptive text. Remove comments and encoded text that address the agent.
AST07
HIGH
Hex-encoded string detectedsrc/pbix_mcp/formats/vertipaq_encoder.py:37 · Hex-encoded string detected — may contain obfuscated payloadsTAG_SS_OPEN = b"\x3C\x31\x3A\x53\x53\x00" # <1:SS\0Fix: Put hosts, commands and strings in plain source. Decoding at runtime looks identical to malware and costs points on its own.
AST07
MEDIUM
Access to sensitive file pathstests/test_zip_safety.py:91 · Access to sensitive file paths — SSH keys, AWS credentials, env files, or system fileszf.writestr(zi, b"/etc/passwd")Fix: Stop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.
AST05
HIGH
Hex-encoded string detectedsrc/pbix_mcp/formats/vertipaq_encoder.py:35 · Hex-encoded string detected — may contain obfuscated payloadsTAG_CS_OPEN = b"\x3C\x31\x3A\x43\x53\x00" # <1:CS\0Fix: Put hosts, commands and strings in plain source. Decoding at runtime looks identical to malware and costs points on its own.
AST07
MEDIUM
Access to sensitive file pathstests/test_images.py:81 · Access to sensitive file paths — SSH keys, AWS credentials, env files, or system filesassert server._sanitize_item_name("../../etc/passwd", "png") == "passwd.png"Fix: Stop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.
AST05
HIGH
Hex-encoded string detectedsrc/pbix_mcp/formats/vertipaq_encoder.py:36 · Hex-encoded string detected — may contain obfuscated payloadsTAG_CS_CLOSE = b"\x43\x53\x3A\x31\x3E\x00" # CS:1>\0Fix: Put hosts, commands and strings in plain source. Decoding at runtime looks identical to malware and costs points on its own.
AST07
MEDIUM
Hex-encoded string detectedtests/test_images.py:24 · Hex-encoded string detected — may contain obfuscated payloadsJPEG = b"\xff\xd8\xff\xe0\x00\x10JFIF" + b"\x00" * 32 + b"\xff\xd9"Fix: Put hosts, commands and strings in plain source. Decoding at runtime looks identical to malware and costs points on its own.
AST07

Cost to the agent

Instructions loaded
≈64 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 pbix-mcp@0.9.153 as of 1 h ago. This is the package itself, not its dependencies.

What would make this Verified

1 point to 80 · weights: behavior 45%, static 25%, prompt 15%, publisher 15%
  1. Unclaimed publisher≈ +8 on the totalClaim d0nk3yhm: a verified publisher gets +50 on publisher trust. It is free and usually instant with GitHub sign-in.
  2. Hex-encoded string detected≈ +4 on the totalPut hosts, commands and strings in plain source. Decoding at runtime looks identical to malware and costs points on its own.
  3. Hidden zero-width characters detected≈ +4 on the totalKeep SKILL.md to visible, descriptive text. Remove comments and encoded text that address the agent.
  4. Access to sensitive file paths≈ +2 on the totalStop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.
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