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Conductor — 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": "@darkiceinteractive/mcp-conductor",
    "source": {
      "kind": "package",
      "origin": "@darkiceinteractive/mcp-conductor"
    },
    "server": {
      "name": "@darkiceinteractive/mcp-conductor"
    }
  },
  "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": [
      "code-exec",
      "untrusted-input",
      "external-sink"
    ]
  },
  "coverage": {
    "level": "source",
    "inputs": {
      "toolSurface": true,
      "implementationSource": true,
      "packageMetadata": true,
      "liveTransport": false
    },
    "caveats": [
      "Tools were statically extracted from the published source (24 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-CAP-001",
      "title": "Tool \"execute_code\" exposes command/code execution",
      "category": "permissions",
      "severity": "high",
      "confidence": "strong",
      "description": "Tool \"execute_code\" appears to run shell commands or evaluate code (keyword \"execute code\" 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.",
      "remediation": "Sandbox execution, allowlist commands/arguments, and never pass model output to a shell unescaped.",
      "location": {
        "kind": "tool",
        "name": "execute_code"
      },
      "owasp": "LLM05:2025 Improper Output Handling",
      "data": {
        "tags": [
          "code-exec"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "ruleId": "MTC-CAP-001",
      "title": "Tool \"add_server\" exposes command/code execution",
      "category": "permissions",
      "severity": "high",
      "confidence": "strong",
      "description": "Tool \"add_server\" appears to run shell commands or evaluate code (parameter \"command\"). Arbitrary execution driven by model input is one of the most dangerous MCP capabilities; combined with any untrusted input it becomes RCE.",
      "remediation": "Sandbox execution, allowlist commands/arguments, and never pass model output to a shell unescaped.",
      "location": {
        "kind": "tool",
        "name": "add_server"
      },
      "owasp": "LLM05:2025 Improper Output Handling",
      "data": {
        "tags": [
          "code-exec"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "ruleId": "MTC-CAP-001",
      "title": "Tool \"update_server\" exposes command/code execution",
      "category": "permissions",
      "severity": "high",
      "confidence": "strong",
      "description": "Tool \"update_server\" appears to run shell commands or evaluate code (parameter \"command\"). Arbitrary execution driven by model input is one of the most dangerous MCP capabilities; combined with any untrusted input it becomes RCE.",
      "remediation": "Sandbox execution, allowlist commands/arguments, and never pass model output to a shell unescaped.",
      "location": {
        "kind": "tool",
        "name": "update_server"
      },
      "owasp": "LLM05:2025 Improper Output Handling",
      "data": {
        "tags": [
          "code-exec"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "ruleId": "MTC-SRC-001",
      "title": "Dynamic code execution in server code (dist/runtime/pool/worker.js)",
      "category": "permissions",
      "severity": "high",
      "confidence": "strong",
      "description": "In the server's implementation (`dist/runtime/pool/worker.js:93`): 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.",
      "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/runtime/pool/worker.js"
      },
      "evidence": "scope const __fn = new Function('mcp', '__ctx', \\`return (async () => { \\${job.code} })()\\`); result = await __",
      "owasp": "LLM05:2025 Improper Output Handling",
      "data": {
        "rule": "MTC-SRC-001",
        "file": "dist/runtime/pool/worker.js",
        "line": 93,
        "nonRuntime": false
      }
    },
    {
      "ruleId": "MTC-SRC-002",
      "title": "Shell/command execution in server code (dist/cli/daemon.js)",
      "category": "permissions",
      "severity": "high",
      "confidence": "strong",
      "description": "In the server's implementation (`dist/cli/daemon.js:30`): 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/cli/daemon.js"
      },
      "evidence": "rt { spawn } from 'node:child_process'; import { DaemonClient } from '../daemon/client.js'; // -------------------------",
      "owasp": "LLM05:2025 Improper Output Handling",
      "data": {
        "rule": "MTC-SRC-002",
        "file": "dist/cli/daemon.js",
        "line": 30,
        "nonRuntime": false
      }
    },
    {
      "ruleId": "MTC-SRC-002",
      "title": "Shell/command execution in server code (dist/daemon/discovery.js)",
      "category": "permissions",
      "severity": "high",
      "confidence": "strong",
      "description": "In the server's implementation (`dist/daemon/discovery.js:17`): 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/daemon/discovery.js"
      },
      "evidence": "{ execFile } from 'node:child_process'; import { logger } from '../utils/logger.js'; /** * Runs the Tailscale CLI and r",
      "owasp": "LLM05:2025 Improper Output Handling",
      "data": {
        "rule": "MTC-SRC-002",
        "file": "dist/daemon/discovery.js",
        "line": 17,
        "nonRuntime": false
      }
    },
    {
      "ruleId": "MTC-SRC-002",
      "title": "Shell/command execution in server code (dist/runtime/executor.js)",
      "category": "permissions",
      "severity": "high",
      "confidence": "strong",
      "description": "In the server's implementation (`dist/runtime/executor.js:6`): 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/runtime/executor.js"
      },
      "evidence": "rt { spawn } from 'node:child_process'; import { writeFileSync, unlinkSync, mkdirSync, existsSync, readdirSync, statSync",
      "owasp": "LLM05:2025 Improper Output Handling",
      "data": {
        "rule": "MTC-SRC-002",
        "file": "dist/runtime/executor.js",
        "line": 6,
        "nonRuntime": false
      }
    },
    {
      "ruleId": "MTC-SRC-002",
      "title": "Shell/command execution in server code (dist/runtime/pool/worker.js)",
      "category": "permissions",
      "severity": "high",
      "confidence": "strong",
      "description": "In the server's implementation (`dist/runtime/pool/worker.js:15`): 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/runtime/pool/worker.js"
      },
      "evidence": "rt { spawn } from 'node:child_process'; import { writeFileSync, unlinkSync } from 'node:fs'; import { join } from 'node:",
      "owasp": "LLM05:2025 Improper Output Handling",
      "data": {
        "rule": "MTC-SRC-002",
        "file": "dist/runtime/pool/worker.js",
        "line": 15,
        "nonRuntime": false
      }
    },
    {
      "ruleId": "MTC-FLOW-005",
      "title": "Untrusted input can drive an external action",
      "category": "exfiltration",
      "severity": "medium",
      "confidence": "strong",
      "description": "Untrusted-input tools ([brave_web_search]) co-exist with external-action tools ([execute_code, add_server, update_server, export_to_claude]). 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": "brave_web_search → execute_code"
      },
      "evidence": "untrusted [brave_web_search] → sinks [execute_code, add_server, update_server, export_to_claude]",
      "owasp": "LLM06:2025 Excessive Agency",
      "references": [],
      "data": {
        "untrusted": [
          "brave_web_search"
        ],
        "sinks": [
          "execute_code",
          "add_server",
          "update_server",
          "export_to_claude"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "ruleId": "MTC-CAP-006",
      "title": "Unconstrained command parameter \"code\" on \"execute_code\"",
      "category": "permissions",
      "severity": "medium",
      "confidence": "heuristic",
      "description": "Tool \"execute_code\" takes a command-shaped parameter \"code\" with no enum/pattern constraint. Free-form, model- or attacker-controlled arguments reaching a shell is the command-injection precondition.",
      "remediation": "Constrain the parameter (enum/pattern), or build the command from a fixed template with escaped args.",
      "location": {
        "kind": "tool",
        "name": "execute_code",
        "field": "inputSchema.properties.code"
      },
      "owasp": "LLM05:2025 Improper Output Handling",
      "data": {
        "param": "code"
      }
    },
    {
      "ruleId": "MTC-CAP-006",
      "title": "Unconstrained command parameter \"command\" on \"add_server\"",
      "category": "permissions",
      "severity": "medium",
      "confidence": "heuristic",
      "description": "Tool \"add_server\" takes a command-shaped parameter \"command\" with no enum/pattern constraint. Free-form, model- or attacker-controlled arguments reaching a shell is the command-injection precondition.",
      "remediation": "Constrain the parameter (enum/pattern), or build the command from a fixed template with escaped args.",
      "location": {
        "kind": "tool",
        "name": "add_server",
        "field": "inputSchema.properties.command"
      },
      "owasp": "LLM05:2025 Improper Output Handling",
      "data": {
        "param": "command"
      }
    },
    {
      "ruleId": "MTC-CAP-006",
      "title": "Unconstrained command parameter \"command\" on \"update_server\"",
      "category": "permissions",
      "severity": "medium",
      "confidence": "heuristic",
      "description": "Tool \"update_server\" takes a command-shaped parameter \"command\" with no enum/pattern constraint. Free-form, model- or attacker-controlled arguments reaching a shell is the command-injection precondition.",
      "remediation": "Constrain the parameter (enum/pattern), or build the command from a fixed template with escaped args.",
      "location": {
        "kind": "tool",
        "name": "update_server",
        "field": "inputSchema.properties.command"
      },
      "owasp": "LLM05:2025 Improper Output Handling",
      "data": {
        "param": "command"
      }
    },
    {
      "ruleId": "MTC-CAP-005",
      "title": "Mutating tool \"execute_code\" declares no destructiveHint",
      "category": "hygiene",
      "severity": "low",
      "confidence": "heuristic",
      "description": "Tool \"execute_code\" can mutate/egress but declares no destructiveHint. Clients that don't default to spec-safe behavior may not prompt before running it.",
      "remediation": "Declare accurate annotations, and gate destructive tools on user confirmation regardless.",
      "location": {
        "kind": "tool",
        "name": "execute_code"
      },
      "data": {
        "tags": [
          "code-exec"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "ruleId": "MTC-CAP-005",
      "title": "Mutating tool \"add_server\" declares no destructiveHint",
      "category": "hygiene",
      "severity": "low",
      "confidence": "heuristic",
      "description": "Tool \"add_server\" can mutate/egress but declares no destructiveHint. Clients that don't default to spec-safe behavior may not prompt before running it.",
      "remediation": "Declare accurate annotations, and gate destructive tools on user confirmation regardless.",
      "location": {
        "kind": "tool",
        "name": "add_server"
      },
      "data": {
        "tags": [
          "code-exec"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "ruleId": "MTC-CAP-005",
      "title": "Mutating tool \"update_server\" declares no destructiveHint",
      "category": "hygiene",
      "severity": "low",
      "confidence": "heuristic",
      "description": "Tool \"update_server\" can mutate/egress but declares no destructiveHint. Clients that don't default to spec-safe behavior may not prompt before running it.",
      "remediation": "Declare accurate annotations, and gate destructive tools on user confirmation regardless.",
      "location": {
        "kind": "tool",
        "name": "update_server"
      },
      "data": {
        "tags": [
          "code-exec"
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "toxicFlows": [
    {
      "id": "flow-1",
      "severity": "medium",
      "confidence": "strong",
      "untrustedInput": [
        "brave_web_search"
      ],
      "sensitiveSource": [],
      "externalSink": [
        "execute_code",
        "add_server",
        "update_server",
        "export_to_claude"
      ],
      "selfContained": false,
      "description": "Untrusted input can drive an external action even though no sensitive source is exposed."
    }
  ],
  "capabilities": [
    {
      "tool": "execute_code",
      "tags": [
        "code-exec"
      ],
      "reasons": {
        "code-exec": [
          "keyword \"execute code\" in tool name"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "tool": "list_servers",
      "tags": [],
      "reasons": {}
    },
    {
      "tool": "discover_tools",
      "tags": [],
      "reasons": {}
    },
    {
      "tool": "get_metrics",
      "tags": [],
      "reasons": {}
    },
    {
      "tool": "set_mode",
      "tags": [],
      "reasons": {}
    },
    {
      "tool": "reload_servers",
      "tags": [],
      "reasons": {}
    },
    {
      "tool": "get_capabilities",
      "tags": [],
      "reasons": {}
    },
    {
      "tool": "compare_modes",
      "tags": [],
      "reasons": {}
    },
    {
      "tool": "passthrough_call",
      "tags": [],
      "reasons": {}
    },
    {
      "tool": "brave_web_search",
      "tags": [
        "untrusted-input"
      ],
      "reasons": {
        "untrusted-input": [
          "keyword \"web_search\""
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "tool": "add_server",
      "tags": [
        "code-exec"
      ],
      "reasons": {
        "code-exec": [
          "parameter \"command\""
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "tool": "remove_server",
      "tags": [],
      "reasons": {}
    },
    {
      "tool": "update_server",
      "tags": [
        "code-exec"
      ],
      "reasons": {
        "code-exec": [
          "parameter \"command\""
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "tool": "get_memory_stats",
      "tags": [],
      "reasons": {}
    },
    {
      "tool": "predict_cost",
      "tags": [],
      "reasons": {}
    },
    {
      "tool": "get_hot_paths",
      "tags": [],
      "reasons": {}
    },
    {
      "tool": "record_session",
      "tags": [],
      "reasons": {}
    },
    {
      "tool": "stop_recording",
      "tags": [],
      "reasons": {}
    },
    {
      "tool": "replay_session",
      "tags": [],
      "reasons": {}
    },
    {
      "tool": "import_servers_from_claude",
      "tags": [],
      "reasons": {}
    },
    {
      "tool": "test_server",
      "tags": [],
      "reasons": {}
    },
    {
      "tool": "diagnose_server",
      "tags": [],
      "reasons": {}
    },
    {
      "tool": "recommend_routing",
      "tags": [],
      "reasons": {}
    },
    {
      "tool": "export_to_claude",
      "tags": [
        "external-sink"
      ],
      "reasons": {
        "external-sink": [
          "keyword \"export_to\""
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "surfaceDigest": "dc45970a7cb35a180d15939d3edc0bb42a6d9caf5b7ce42429e9c9dc881edf8b",
  "stats": {
    "tools": 24,
    "prompts": 0,
    "resources": 0,
    "findingsBySeverity": {
      "critical": 0,
      "high": 8,
      "medium": 4,
      "low": 3,
      "info": 0
    }
  }
}