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Agent Search — the complete, unedited output of the deterministic mcptrustchecker engine v1.13.0, scanned . Every finding, capability tag and score component below is exactly what the engine produced — no AI, no post-processing.

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{
  "tool": {
    "name": "mcptrustchecker",
    "version": "1.13.0",
    "methodologyVersion": "mcptrustchecker-1.13"
  },
  "target": {
    "id": "agent-search-mcp",
    "source": {
      "kind": "package",
      "origin": "agent-search-mcp"
    },
    "server": {
      "name": "agent-search-mcp"
    }
  },
  "grade": "A",
  "score": {
    "score": 93,
    "threatScore": 100,
    "grade": "A",
    "band": "A",
    "categorySubtotals": {
      "injection": 0,
      "exfiltration": 0,
      "permissions": 0,
      "supply-chain": 0,
      "network": 0,
      "hygiene": 0
    },
    "vector": [
      {
        "kind": "client",
        "term": "capability-exposure",
        "level": "high",
        "label": "capability blast radius (high) — client exposure if the model is manipulated",
        "appliedPenalty": 6
      },
      {
        "kind": "client",
        "term": "verification-discount",
        "level": "repo",
        "label": "publisher verification (public source) — no provenance, but the source is public and inspectable",
        "appliedPenalty": 1
      },
      {
        "kind": "client",
        "term": "coverage-honesty",
        "level": "source",
        "label": "inspection depth (source) — how much of the target the scan could see",
        "appliedPenalty": 0
      }
    ],
    "gatesFired": [],
    "methodologyVersion": "mcptrustchecker-1.13"
  },
  "capability": {
    "level": "high",
    "reasons": [
      "ingests untrusted external content (a prompt-injection entry point)",
      "can send data / act on an external service",
      "can execute shell commands or code"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "untrusted-input",
      "external-sink",
      "code-exec"
    ]
  },
  "coverage": {
    "level": "source",
    "inputs": {
      "toolSurface": true,
      "implementationSource": true,
      "packageMetadata": true,
      "liveTransport": false
    },
    "caveats": [
      "Tools were statically extracted from the published source (7 recovered), not enumerated from a running server. Tool-poisoning, Unicode-smuggling, capability and toxic-flow analysis ran on this inferred surface, but a mis-parsed registration could be missed or mis-attributed, so tool-derived findings are capped below “confirmed”. To grade the real runtime surface, scan the running server: --command \"npx -y <package>\"."
    ]
  },
  "findings": [
    {
      "ruleId": "MTC-SRC-002",
      "title": "Shell/command execution in server code (dist/aggregation/semantic.js)",
      "category": "permissions",
      "severity": "high",
      "confidence": "strong",
      "description": "In the server's implementation (`dist/aggregation/semantic.js:1`): Spawning a shell/process is command-execution capability; with unsanitized tool input it is command injection / RCE. This is read from the code itself — not from the tool description — so a poisoned server cannot hide it behind honest-looking metadata.",
      "remediation": "Review this call path: confirm it never receives unsanitized tool input, constrain it, or remove it. Treat a server whose code reaches these sinks as high-capability regardless of what its tools claim.",
      "location": {
        "kind": "server",
        "name": "dist/aggregation/semantic.js"
      },
      "evidence": "import { spawn } from 'child_process'; import { createInterface } from 'readline'; import { resolve } from 'path'; impo",
      "owasp": "LLM05:2025 Improper Output Handling",
      "data": {
        "rule": "MTC-SRC-002",
        "file": "dist/aggregation/semantic.js",
        "line": 1,
        "nonRuntime": false
      }
    },
    {
      "ruleId": "MTC-SRC-002",
      "title": "Shell/command execution in server code (dist/infrastructure/doctor.js)",
      "category": "permissions",
      "severity": "high",
      "confidence": "strong",
      "description": "In the server's implementation (`dist/infrastructure/doctor.js:1`): Spawning a shell/process is command-execution capability; with unsanitized tool input it is command injection / RCE. This is read from the code itself — not from the tool description — so a poisoned server cannot hide it behind honest-looking metadata.",
      "remediation": "Review this call path: confirm it never receives unsanitized tool input, constrain it, or remove it. Treat a server whose code reaches these sinks as high-capability regardless of what its tools claim.",
      "location": {
        "kind": "server",
        "name": "dist/infrastructure/doctor.js"
      },
      "evidence": "spawnSync } from 'node:child_process'; import { engines, freeEngines, optionalEngineCredentialEnvironment, } from '../e",
      "owasp": "LLM05:2025 Improper Output Handling",
      "data": {
        "rule": "MTC-SRC-002",
        "file": "dist/infrastructure/doctor.js",
        "line": 1,
        "nonRuntime": false
      }
    },
    {
      "ruleId": "MTC-FLOW-005",
      "title": "Untrusted input can drive an external action",
      "category": "exfiltration",
      "severity": "medium",
      "confidence": "strong",
      "description": "Untrusted-input tools ([fetch_github_readme, fetch_csdn_article, fetch_juejin_article, free_search]) co-exist with external-action tools ([free_extract]). A prompt injection could cause unwanted external actions, though no direct sensitive-data leak path was found.",
      "remediation": "Require confirmation for state-changing/egress actions triggered after processing untrusted content.",
      "location": {
        "kind": "flow",
        "name": "fetch_github_readme → free_extract"
      },
      "evidence": "untrusted [fetch_github_readme, fetch_csdn_article, fetch_juejin_article, free_search] → sinks [free_extract]",
      "owasp": "LLM06:2025 Excessive Agency",
      "references": [],
      "data": {
        "untrusted": [
          "fetch_github_readme",
          "fetch_csdn_article",
          "fetch_juejin_article",
          "free_search"
        ],
        "sinks": [
          "free_extract"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "ruleId": "MTC-SRC-003",
      "title": "Hardcoded egress to an external endpoint (dist/aggregation/enricher.js)",
      "category": "exfiltration",
      "severity": "medium",
      "confidence": "strong",
      "description": "In the server's implementation (`dist/aggregation/enricher.js:30`): A hardcoded outbound call to a fixed external host inside server code is a classic exfiltration/telemetry channel — especially paired with reads of local data. This is read from the code itself — not from the tool description — so a poisoned server cannot hide it behind honest-looking metadata.",
      "remediation": "Review this call path: confirm it never receives unsanitized tool input, constrain it, or remove it. Treat a server whose code reaches these sinks as high-capability regardless of what its tools claim.",
      "location": {
        "kind": "server",
        "name": "dist/aggregation/enricher.js"
      },
      "evidence": "const res = await fetch(`https://r.jina.ai/${result.url}`, { headers: { Accept: \"text/markdown\" },",
      "owasp": "LLM02:2025 Sensitive Information Disclosure",
      "data": {
        "rule": "MTC-SRC-003",
        "file": "dist/aggregation/enricher.js",
        "line": 30,
        "nonRuntime": false
      }
    },
    {
      "ruleId": "MTC-SRC-003",
      "title": "Hardcoded egress to an external endpoint (dist/cli.js)",
      "category": "exfiltration",
      "severity": "medium",
      "confidence": "strong",
      "description": "In the server's implementation (`dist/cli.js:152`): A hardcoded outbound call to a fixed external host inside server code is a classic exfiltration/telemetry channel — especially paired with reads of local data. This is read from the code itself — not from the tool description — so a poisoned server cannot hide it behind honest-looking metadata.",
      "remediation": "Review this call path: confirm it never receives unsanitized tool input, constrain it, or remove it. Treat a server whose code reaches these sinks as high-capability regardless of what its tools claim.",
      "location": {
        "kind": "server",
        "name": "dist/cli.js"
      },
      "evidence": "const res = await fetch(`https://r.jina.ai/${args.url}`, { headers: { 'Accept': 'text/markdown' },",
      "owasp": "LLM02:2025 Sensitive Information Disclosure",
      "data": {
        "rule": "MTC-SRC-003",
        "file": "dist/cli.js",
        "line": 152,
        "nonRuntime": false
      }
    },
    {
      "ruleId": "MTC-SRC-003",
      "title": "Hardcoded egress to an external endpoint (dist/engines/exa.js)",
      "category": "exfiltration",
      "severity": "medium",
      "confidence": "strong",
      "description": "In the server's implementation (`dist/engines/exa.js:12`): A hardcoded outbound call to a fixed external host inside server code is a classic exfiltration/telemetry channel — especially paired with reads of local data. This is read from the code itself — not from the tool description — so a poisoned server cannot hide it behind honest-looking metadata.",
      "remediation": "Review this call path: confirm it never receives unsanitized tool input, constrain it, or remove it. Treat a server whose code reaches these sinks as high-capability regardless of what its tools claim.",
      "location": {
        "kind": "server",
        "name": "dist/engines/exa.js"
      },
      "evidence": "const response = await fetch('https://api.exa.ai/search', { method: 'POST', headers: {",
      "owasp": "LLM02:2025 Sensitive Information Disclosure",
      "data": {
        "rule": "MTC-SRC-003",
        "file": "dist/engines/exa.js",
        "line": 12,
        "nonRuntime": false
      }
    },
    {
      "ruleId": "MTC-SRC-003",
      "title": "Hardcoded egress to an external endpoint (dist/engines/startpage.js)",
      "category": "exfiltration",
      "severity": "medium",
      "confidence": "strong",
      "description": "In the server's implementation (`dist/engines/startpage.js:11`): A hardcoded outbound call to a fixed external host inside server code is a classic exfiltration/telemetry channel — especially paired with reads of local data. This is read from the code itself — not from the tool description — so a poisoned server cannot hide it behind honest-looking metadata.",
      "remediation": "Review this call path: confirm it never receives unsanitized tool input, constrain it, or remove it. Treat a server whose code reaches these sinks as high-capability regardless of what its tools claim.",
      "location": {
        "kind": "server",
        "name": "dist/engines/startpage.js"
      },
      "evidence": "const res = await fetch('https://www.startpage.com/', { signal: withTimeout(options?.signal, 5000),",
      "owasp": "LLM02:2025 Sensitive Information Disclosure",
      "data": {
        "rule": "MTC-SRC-003",
        "file": "dist/engines/startpage.js",
        "line": 11,
        "nonRuntime": false
      }
    },
    {
      "ruleId": "MTC-SRC-003",
      "title": "Hardcoded egress to an external endpoint (dist/engines/tavily.js)",
      "category": "exfiltration",
      "severity": "medium",
      "confidence": "strong",
      "description": "In the server's implementation (`dist/engines/tavily.js:29`): A hardcoded outbound call to a fixed external host inside server code is a classic exfiltration/telemetry channel — especially paired with reads of local data. This is read from the code itself — not from the tool description — so a poisoned server cannot hide it behind honest-looking metadata.",
      "remediation": "Review this call path: confirm it never receives unsanitized tool input, constrain it, or remove it. Treat a server whose code reaches these sinks as high-capability regardless of what its tools claim.",
      "location": {
        "kind": "server",
        "name": "dist/engines/tavily.js"
      },
      "evidence": "const res = await fetch('https://api.tavily.com/search', { method: 'POST', headers: { 'Con",
      "owasp": "LLM02:2025 Sensitive Information Disclosure",
      "data": {
        "rule": "MTC-SRC-003",
        "file": "dist/engines/tavily.js",
        "line": 29,
        "nonRuntime": false
      }
    },
    {
      "ruleId": "MTC-SRC-003",
      "title": "Hardcoded egress to an external endpoint (dist/infrastructure/version-check.js)",
      "category": "exfiltration",
      "severity": "medium",
      "confidence": "strong",
      "description": "In the server's implementation (`dist/infrastructure/version-check.js:16`): A hardcoded outbound call to a fixed external host inside server code is a classic exfiltration/telemetry channel — especially paired with reads of local data. This is read from the code itself — not from the tool description — so a poisoned server cannot hide it behind honest-looking metadata.",
      "remediation": "Review this call path: confirm it never receives unsanitized tool input, constrain it, or remove it. Treat a server whose code reaches these sinks as high-capability regardless of what its tools claim.",
      "location": {
        "kind": "server",
        "name": "dist/infrastructure/version-check.js"
      },
      "evidence": "const res = await fetch('https://registry.npmjs.org/agent-search-mcp/latest', { signal: controller.sig",
      "owasp": "LLM02:2025 Sensitive Information Disclosure",
      "data": {
        "rule": "MTC-SRC-003",
        "file": "dist/infrastructure/version-check.js",
        "line": 16,
        "nonRuntime": false
      }
    },
    {
      "ruleId": "MTC-SRC-003",
      "title": "Hardcoded egress to an external endpoint (dist/tools/free-extract.js)",
      "category": "exfiltration",
      "severity": "medium",
      "confidence": "strong",
      "description": "In the server's implementation (`dist/tools/free-extract.js:31`): A hardcoded outbound call to a fixed external host inside server code is a classic exfiltration/telemetry channel — especially paired with reads of local data. This is read from the code itself — not from the tool description — so a poisoned server cannot hide it behind honest-looking metadata.",
      "remediation": "Review this call path: confirm it never receives unsanitized tool input, constrain it, or remove it. Treat a server whose code reaches these sinks as high-capability regardless of what its tools claim.",
      "location": {
        "kind": "server",
        "name": "dist/tools/free-extract.js"
      },
      "evidence": "const res = await fetch(`https://r.jina.ai/${url}`, { headers: { 'Accept': 'text/markdown' },",
      "owasp": "LLM02:2025 Sensitive Information Disclosure",
      "data": {
        "rule": "MTC-SRC-003",
        "file": "dist/tools/free-extract.js",
        "line": 31,
        "nonRuntime": false
      }
    },
    {
      "ruleId": "MTC-CAP-007",
      "title": "Unconstrained URL/host parameter \"url\" on \"fetch_github_readme\"",
      "category": "network",
      "severity": "medium",
      "confidence": "heuristic",
      "description": "Tool \"fetch_github_readme\" takes a URL/host parameter \"url\" with no allowlist/pattern. An outbound-request tool with an unbounded destination enables SSRF and cloud-metadata access (e.g. 169.254.169.254).",
      "remediation": "Allowlist destinations or constrain the parameter; block private/link-local addresses server-side.",
      "location": {
        "kind": "tool",
        "name": "fetch_github_readme",
        "field": "inputSchema.properties.url"
      },
      "owasp": "LLM06:2025 Excessive Agency",
      "data": {
        "param": "url"
      }
    },
    {
      "ruleId": "MTC-CAP-007",
      "title": "Unconstrained URL/host parameter \"url\" on \"fetch_csdn_article\"",
      "category": "network",
      "severity": "medium",
      "confidence": "heuristic",
      "description": "Tool \"fetch_csdn_article\" takes a URL/host parameter \"url\" with no allowlist/pattern. An outbound-request tool with an unbounded destination enables SSRF and cloud-metadata access (e.g. 169.254.169.254).",
      "remediation": "Allowlist destinations or constrain the parameter; block private/link-local addresses server-side.",
      "location": {
        "kind": "tool",
        "name": "fetch_csdn_article",
        "field": "inputSchema.properties.url"
      },
      "owasp": "LLM06:2025 Excessive Agency",
      "data": {
        "param": "url"
      }
    },
    {
      "ruleId": "MTC-CAP-007",
      "title": "Unconstrained URL/host parameter \"url\" on \"fetch_juejin_article\"",
      "category": "network",
      "severity": "medium",
      "confidence": "heuristic",
      "description": "Tool \"fetch_juejin_article\" takes a URL/host parameter \"url\" with no allowlist/pattern. An outbound-request tool with an unbounded destination enables SSRF and cloud-metadata access (e.g. 169.254.169.254).",
      "remediation": "Allowlist destinations or constrain the parameter; block private/link-local addresses server-side.",
      "location": {
        "kind": "tool",
        "name": "fetch_juejin_article",
        "field": "inputSchema.properties.url"
      },
      "owasp": "LLM06:2025 Excessive Agency",
      "data": {
        "param": "url"
      }
    },
    {
      "ruleId": "MTC-CAP-007",
      "title": "Unconstrained URL/host parameter \"url\" on \"free_extract\"",
      "category": "network",
      "severity": "medium",
      "confidence": "heuristic",
      "description": "Tool \"free_extract\" takes a URL/host parameter \"url\" with no allowlist/pattern. An outbound-request tool with an unbounded destination enables SSRF and cloud-metadata access (e.g. 169.254.169.254).",
      "remediation": "Allowlist destinations or constrain the parameter; block private/link-local addresses server-side.",
      "location": {
        "kind": "tool",
        "name": "free_extract",
        "field": "inputSchema.properties.url"
      },
      "owasp": "LLM06:2025 Excessive Agency",
      "data": {
        "param": "url"
      }
    }
  ],
  "toxicFlows": [
    {
      "id": "flow-1",
      "severity": "medium",
      "confidence": "strong",
      "untrustedInput": [
        "fetch_github_readme",
        "fetch_csdn_article",
        "fetch_juejin_article",
        "free_search"
      ],
      "sensitiveSource": [],
      "externalSink": [
        "free_extract"
      ],
      "selfContained": false,
      "description": "Untrusted input can drive an external action even though no sensitive source is exposed."
    }
  ],
  "capabilities": [
    {
      "tool": "fetch_github_readme",
      "tags": [
        "untrusted-input"
      ],
      "reasons": {
        "untrusted-input": [
          "keyword \"fetch\""
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "tool": "fetch_csdn_article",
      "tags": [
        "untrusted-input"
      ],
      "reasons": {
        "untrusted-input": [
          "keyword \"fetch\""
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "tool": "fetch_juejin_article",
      "tags": [
        "untrusted-input"
      ],
      "reasons": {
        "untrusted-input": [
          "keyword \"fetch\""
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "tool": "free_extract",
      "tags": [
        "external-sink"
      ],
      "reasons": {
        "external-sink": [
          "keyword \"http_request\""
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "tool": "free_search_advanced",
      "tags": [],
      "reasons": {}
    },
    {
      "tool": "free_search",
      "tags": [
        "untrusted-input"
      ],
      "reasons": {
        "untrusted-input": [
          "keyword \"web_search\""
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "tool": "search_with_synthesis",
      "tags": [],
      "reasons": {}
    }
  ],
  "surfaceDigest": "2ce2e0c0eedea2ebb16e8d45caaac74be9f7633fc6892d547603d3f10bbf4d69",
  "stats": {
    "tools": 7,
    "prompts": 0,
    "resources": 0,
    "findingsBySeverity": {
      "critical": 0,
      "high": 2,
      "medium": 12,
      "low": 0,
      "info": 0
    }
  }
}