Obsidian (beshkenadze) MCP Server

@beshkenadze/mcp-obsidian npm v1.2.0

Published by @beshkenadze — no publish provenance, so origin is unverified, but the source is public: the repository link below is self-declared yet readable, so you can inspect the code before adopting it.

MCP server for Obsidian API

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B
87/100
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B · 87/100
Adoption risk for you: the threat score, then adjusted down for blast radius, publisher verification and how much the scan could see. Deterministic; every point is auditable.
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B Why this grade threat 94 − adoption risk = 87/100

The grade answers one question — how safe is this server for you to adopt — so it is computed in two auditable stages. Nothing below is an opinion or an LLM's guess; every line is a real term the deterministic engine applied, and the same input always yields the same number.

1. Threat score — 100 − 6.3 = 94. What the published surface and source actually contain:

PointsWhat was foundCategory
−6.3 Untrusted input concatenated into a command sink MTC-SRC-009 injection

2. Client adoption risk — 94 − 7 = 87. Three small, subtract-only factors that reflect your risk in adopting it — a clean scan proves less on a powerful, unverified or barely-inspectable package, so the grade says so plainly:

PointsAdoption-risk factor
−6 capability blast radius (high) — client exposure if the model is manipulated
−1 publisher verification (public source) — no provenance, but the source is public and inspectable

Capability observations and info notes are shown under Findings but never scored. Open any row's finding below for the file, line and evidence behind a deduction.

Findings 13

high Sensitive-source and external-sink co-existMTC-FLOW-004

Tools that read sensitive data ([obsidian_list_files]) and tools that can send data out ([obsidian_execute_command]) are exposed together. An agent can move private data to the sink.

Evidence: sources [obsidian_list_files] → sinks [obsidian_execute_command]

Fix: Keep secret-reading and egress capabilities on separate, separately-approved servers.

Location: flow obsidian_list_files → obsidian_execute_command

high Tool "obsidian_execute_command" exposes command/code executionMTC-CAP-001

Tool "obsidian_execute_command" appears to run shell commands or evaluate code (keyword "execute command" in tool name). Arbitrary execution driven by model input is one of the most dangerous MCP capabilities; combined with any untrusted input it becomes RCE.

Fix: Sandbox execution, allowlist commands/arguments, and never pass model output to a shell unescaped.

Location: tool obsidian_execute_command

high Dynamic code execution in server code (dist/sse.js)MTC-SRC-001

In the server's implementation (`dist/sse.js:436`): Evaluating strings as code is the most direct RCE primitive; if any tool input reaches it, the server executes attacker-chosen code. This is read from the code itself — not from the tool description — so a poisoned server cannot hide it behind honest-looking metadata.

Evidence: hrow Error(); Function(` 'use strict' const o = new Proxy({}, { get: () => o, set: ()

Fix: 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: server dist/sse.js

high Dynamic code execution in server code (dist/stdio.js)MTC-SRC-001

In the server's implementation (`dist/stdio.js:436`): Evaluating strings as code is the most direct RCE primitive; if any tool input reaches it, the server executes attacker-chosen code. This is read from the code itself — not from the tool description — so a poisoned server cannot hide it behind honest-looking metadata.

Evidence: hrow Error(); Function(` 'use strict' const o = new Proxy({}, { get: () => o, set: ()

Fix: 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: server dist/stdio.js

high Shell/command execution in server code (dist/sse.js)MTC-SRC-002

In the server's implementation (`dist/sse.js:4283`): 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.

Evidence: import { spawn } from "child_process"; // node_modules/zod/lib/index.mjs var util; (function(util2) { util2.assertEq

Fix: 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: server dist/sse.js

high Shell/command execution in server code (dist/stdio.js)MTC-SRC-002

In the server's implementation (`dist/stdio.js:4283`): 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.

Evidence: import { spawn } from "child_process"; // node_modules/zod/lib/index.mjs var util; (function(util2) { util2.assertEq

Fix: 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: server dist/stdio.js

high Shell/command execution in server code (src/bin/run-with-supergateway.ts)MTC-SRC-002

In the server's implementation (`src/bin/run-with-supergateway.ts:2`): 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.

Evidence: import { spawn } from "child_process"; import logger from "../lib/logger"; // Get the port from environment or use def

Fix: 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: server src/bin/run-with-supergateway.ts

high Shell/command execution in server code (src/cmd/generate-types.ts)MTC-SRC-002

In the server's implementation (`src/cmd/generate-types.ts:3`): 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.

Evidence: port { execSync } from "child_process"; import fs from "fs"; import path from "path"; // Ensure the output directory ex

Fix: 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: server src/cmd/generate-types.ts

high Shell/command execution in server code (src/servers/mcp-sse-server.ts)MTC-SRC-002

In the server's implementation (`src/servers/mcp-sse-server.ts: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.

Evidence: import { spawn } from "child_process"; import type { McpServerConfig } from "../lib/common-server"; import { CommonMcpS

Fix: 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: server src/servers/mcp-sse-server.ts

medium Untrusted input concatenated into a command sink (src/cmd/generate-types.ts)MTC-SRC-009

In the server's implementation (`src/cmd/generate-types.ts:33`): A shell/process command assembled from concatenated or interpolated values is command injection when any part is attacker-influenced — the OWASP canonical RCE flow. Verify what reaches the interpolated value. This is read from the code itself — not from the tool description — so a poisoned server cannot hide it behind honest-looking metadata.

Evidence: napi-typescript try { execSync(`bunx openapi-typescript ${inputPath} -o ${outputPath}`, { stdio: "inherit", });

Fix: 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: server src/cmd/generate-types.ts

medium Tool "obsidian_delete_file" can modify the filesystemMTC-CAP-002

Tool "obsidian_delete_file" can write, overwrite or delete files (keyword "delete_file" in tool name). Verify it is scoped to a safe directory.

Fix: Constrain file operations to an explicit, non-sensitive root; reject path traversal.

Location: tool obsidian_delete_file

low Mutating tool "obsidian_delete_file" declares no destructiveHintMTC-CAP-005

Tool "obsidian_delete_file" can mutate/egress but declares no destructiveHint. Clients that don't default to spec-safe behavior may not prompt before running it.

Fix: Declare accurate annotations, and gate destructive tools on user confirmation regardless.

Location: tool obsidian_delete_file

low Mutating tool "obsidian_execute_command" declares no destructiveHintMTC-CAP-005

Tool "obsidian_execute_command" can mutate/egress but declares no destructiveHint. Clients that don't default to spec-safe behavior may not prompt before running it.

Fix: Declare accurate annotations, and gate destructive tools on user confirmation regardless.

Location: tool obsidian_execute_command

Tools 23

Each tool and what it can reach — statically extracted from the published source.

  • obsidian_delete_filewrites files
  • obsidian_execute_commandruns code / shell
  • obsidian_list_filesreads sensitive data
  • obsidian_advanced_searchno sensitive capability
  • obsidian_append_to_active_fileno sensitive capability
  • obsidian_append_to_fileno sensitive capability
  • obsidian_append_to_periodic_noteno sensitive capability
  • obsidian_create_or_update_fileno sensitive capability
  • obsidian_delete_active_fileno sensitive capability
  • obsidian_delete_periodic_noteno sensitive capability
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  • obsidian_get_active_fileno sensitive capability
  • obsidian_get_fileno sensitive capability
  • obsidian_get_periodic_noteno sensitive capability
  • obsidian_get_statusno sensitive capability
  • obsidian_list_commandsno sensitive capability
  • obsidian_open_documentno sensitive capability
  • obsidian_patch_active_fileno sensitive capability
  • obsidian_patch_fileno sensitive capability
  • obsidian_patch_periodic_noteno sensitive capability
  • obsidian_searchno sensitive capability
  • obsidian_update_active_fileno sensitive capability
  • obsidian_update_periodic_noteno sensitive capability
  • thread-streamno sensitive capability

Toxic flows 1

Cross-tool combinations that form a data-exfiltration primitive (untrusted input → sensitive source → external sink).

What this scan could not see

Versions 1

Scan history per published version. The engine is deterministic — the same version always yields the same score, so a changed score means the package itself changed.

VersionScoreFindingsEngineScanned
v1.2.0 latest B 87/100 13 1.13.0 2026-09-07

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