Dotfiles Maintainer — the complete, unedited output of the deterministic mcptrustchecker engine v1.8.0, scanned . Every finding, capability tag and score component below is exactly what the engine produced — no AI, no post-processing.
{
"tool": {
"name": "mcptrustchecker",
"version": "1.8.0",
"methodologyVersion": "mcptrustchecker-1.8"
},
"target": {
"id": "dotfiles-maintainer",
"source": {
"kind": "package",
"origin": "dotfiles-maintainer"
},
"server": {
"name": "dotfiles-maintainer"
}
},
"grade": "C",
"score": {
"score": 71,
"threatScore": 78,
"grade": "C",
"band": "C",
"gateCap": "C",
"categorySubtotals": {
"injection": 0,
"exfiltration": 22,
"permissions": 0,
"supply-chain": 0,
"network": 0,
"hygiene": 0
},
"vector": [
{
"kind": "threat",
"ruleId": "MTC-SRC-008",
"category": "exfiltration",
"severity": "high",
"confidence": "confirmed",
"rawWeight": 22,
"confidenceMult": 1,
"diminishingFactor": 1,
"appliedPenalty": 22
},
{
"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": [
"1 confirmed high finding → grade capped at C"
],
"methodologyVersion": "mcptrustchecker-1.8"
},
"capability": {
"level": "high",
"reasons": [
"can execute shell commands or code"
],
"tags": [
"code-exec"
]
},
"coverage": {
"level": "source",
"inputs": {
"toolSurface": true,
"implementationSource": true,
"packageMetadata": true,
"liveTransport": false
},
"caveats": [
"Tools were statically extracted from the published source (17 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-008",
"title": "Hardcoded Google API key in server code (tests/test_utils.py)",
"category": "exfiltration",
"severity": "high",
"confidence": "confirmed",
"description": "A live-looking Google API key is hardcoded in `tests/test_utils.py:21`. Secrets in source ship to everyone who installs the package and are a direct credential leak.",
"remediation": "Remove the secret, rotate it, and load credentials from the environment or a secret store.",
"location": {
"kind": "server",
"name": "tests/test_utils.py"
},
"evidence": "Google API key: AIza…(redacted)",
"owasp": "LLM02:2025 Sensitive Information Disclosure",
"data": {
"secretType": "google-api-key",
"file": "tests/test_utils.py",
"line": 21
}
},
{
"ruleId": "MTC-SRC-002",
"title": "Shell/command execution in server code (src/dotfiles_maintainer/utils/vcs.py)",
"category": "permissions",
"severity": "high",
"confidence": "strong",
"description": "In the server's implementation (`src/dotfiles_maintainer/utils/vcs.py:241`): 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": "src/dotfiles_maintainer/utils/vcs.py"
},
"evidence": "subprocess.check_output(",
"owasp": "LLM05:2025 Improper Output Handling",
"data": {
"rule": "MTC-SRC-002",
"file": "src/dotfiles_maintainer/utils/vcs.py",
"line": 241
}
},
{
"ruleId": "MTC-SRC-002",
"title": "Shell/command execution in packaging/dev tooling (tests/test_integration.py)",
"category": "permissions",
"severity": "low",
"confidence": "heuristic",
"description": "In a packaging/dev/install script (shipped, but not the server runtime) (`tests/test_integration.py:18`): 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": "tests/test_integration.py"
},
"evidence": "subprocess.run(",
"owasp": "LLM05:2025 Improper Output Handling",
"data": {
"rule": "MTC-SRC-002",
"file": "tests/test_integration.py",
"line": 18
}
}
],
"toxicFlows": [],
"capabilities": [
{
"tool": "initialize_system_baseline",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "commit_contextual_change",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "check_config_drift",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "ingest_version_history",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "track_lifecycle_events",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "log_conceptual_roadmap",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "query_roadmap",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "manage_trial",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "list_active_trials",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "log_troubleshooting_event",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "get_troubleshooting_guide",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "get_config_context",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "search_change_history",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "check_system_dependencies",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "update_memory",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "sync_work_in_progress",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "health_check",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
}
],
"surfaceDigest": "2776ea302c32371af6df1184c55a160899946b4e9dc74ca579732e90f075844a",
"stats": {
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"prompts": 0,
"resources": 0,
"findingsBySeverity": {
"critical": 0,
"high": 2,
"medium": 0,
"low": 1,
"info": 0
}
}
}