Hot Memory — the complete, unedited output of the deterministic mcptrustchecker engine v1.7.0, scanned . Every finding, capability tag and score component below is exactly what the engine produced — no AI, no post-processing.
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"target": {
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"server": {
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"grade": "D",
"score": {
"score": 60,
"threatScore": 67,
"grade": "D",
"band": "D",
"gateCap": "D",
"categorySubtotals": {
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"exfiltration": 33,
"permissions": 0,
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"network": 0,
"hygiene": 0
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"category": "exfiltration",
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"confidence": "confirmed",
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"kind": "threat",
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{
"kind": "client",
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"level": "high",
"label": "capability blast radius (high) — client exposure if the model is manipulated",
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{
"kind": "client",
"term": "verification-discount",
"level": "repo",
"label": "publisher verification (public source) — no provenance, but the source is public and inspectable",
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{
"kind": "client",
"term": "coverage-honesty",
"level": "source",
"label": "inspection depth (source) — how much of the target the scan could see",
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"gatesFired": [
"2 confirmed high findings → grade capped at D"
],
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"capability": {
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"reasons": [
"can create, modify or delete files",
"can execute shell commands or code"
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"coverage": {
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"inputs": {
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"implementationSource": true,
"packageMetadata": true,
"liveTransport": false
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"caveats": [
"Tools were statically extracted from the published source (56 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": [
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"ruleId": "MTC-SRC-008",
"title": "Hardcoded AWS access key id in server code (tests/test_mining.py)",
"category": "exfiltration",
"severity": "high",
"confidence": "confirmed",
"description": "A live-looking AWS access key id is hardcoded in `tests/test_mining.py:1306`. 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_mining.py"
},
"evidence": "AWS access key id: AKIA…(redacted)",
"owasp": "LLM02:2025 Sensitive Information Disclosure",
"data": {
"secretType": "aws-access-key",
"file": "tests/test_mining.py",
"line": 1306
}
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{
"ruleId": "MTC-SRC-008",
"title": "Hardcoded GitHub token in server code (tests/test_storage.py)",
"category": "exfiltration",
"severity": "high",
"confidence": "confirmed",
"description": "A live-looking GitHub token is hardcoded in `tests/test_storage.py:196`. 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_storage.py"
},
"evidence": "GitHub token: ghp_…(redacted)",
"owasp": "LLM02:2025 Sensitive Information Disclosure",
"data": {
"secretType": "github-token",
"file": "tests/test_storage.py",
"line": 196
}
},
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"ruleId": "MTC-SRC-002",
"title": "Shell/command execution in server code (src/memory_mcp/cli.py)",
"category": "permissions",
"severity": "high",
"confidence": "strong",
"description": "In the server's implementation (`src/memory_mcp/cli.py:209`): 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": {
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"name": "src/memory_mcp/cli.py"
},
"evidence": "subprocess.run(",
"owasp": "LLM05:2025 Improper Output Handling",
"data": {
"rule": "MTC-SRC-002",
"file": "src/memory_mcp/cli.py",
"line": 209
}
},
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"ruleId": "MTC-SRC-002",
"title": "Shell/command execution in server code (src/memory_mcp/project.py)",
"category": "permissions",
"severity": "high",
"confidence": "strong",
"description": "In the server's implementation (`src/memory_mcp/project.py:32`): 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.",
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"name": "src/memory_mcp/project.py"
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"evidence": "subprocess.run(",
"owasp": "LLM05:2025 Improper Output Handling",
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"file": "src/memory_mcp/project.py",
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"title": "Shell/command execution in server code (tests/test_cli.py)",
"category": "permissions",
"severity": "high",
"confidence": "strong",
"description": "In the server's implementation (`tests/test_cli.py:229`): 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": {
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"name": "tests/test_cli.py"
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"evidence": "spawn (",
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"file": "tests/test_cli.py",
"line": 229
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"title": "Shell/command execution in server code (tests/test_hook.py)",
"category": "permissions",
"severity": "high",
"confidence": "strong",
"description": "In the server's implementation (`tests/test_hook.py:57`): 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.",
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"name": "tests/test_hook.py"
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"title": "Shell/command execution in server code (tests/test_project.py)",
"category": "permissions",
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"confidence": "strong",
"description": "In the server's implementation (`tests/test_project.py:106`): 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.",
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"name": "tests/test_project.py"
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"owasp": "LLM05:2025 Improper Output Handling",
"data": {
"rule": "MTC-SRC-002",
"file": "tests/test_project.py",
"line": 106
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"ruleId": "MTC-CAP-002",
"title": "Tool \"audit_history\" can modify the filesystem",
"category": "permissions",
"severity": "medium",
"confidence": "strong",
"description": "Tool \"audit_history\" can write, overwrite or delete files (keyword \"unlink\"). Verify it is scoped to a safe directory.",
"remediation": "Constrain file operations to an explicit, non-sensitive root; reject path traversal.",
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"name": "audit_history"
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"data": {
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"ruleId": "MTC-CAP-002",
"title": "Tool \"unlink_memories\" can modify the filesystem",
"category": "permissions",
"severity": "medium",
"confidence": "strong",
"description": "Tool \"unlink_memories\" can write, overwrite or delete files (keyword \"unlink\"). Verify it is scoped to a safe directory.",
"remediation": "Constrain file operations to an explicit, non-sensitive root; reject path traversal.",
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"name": "unlink_memories"
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"data": {
"tags": [
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"ruleId": "MTC-CAP-005",
"title": "Mutating tool \"audit_history\" declares no destructiveHint",
"category": "hygiene",
"severity": "low",
"confidence": "heuristic",
"description": "Tool \"audit_history\" 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": "audit_history"
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"data": {
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}
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"title": "Mutating tool \"unlink_memories\" declares no destructiveHint",
"category": "hygiene",
"severity": "low",
"confidence": "heuristic",
"description": "Tool \"unlink_memories\" 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.",
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"name": "unlink_memories"
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"data": {
"tags": [
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"ruleId": "MTC-SUP-012",
"title": "Package has no license",
"category": "hygiene",
"severity": "info",
"confidence": "strong",
"description": "\"hot-memory-mcp\" has no declared license. This is a legal/reuse concern, not a security finding.",
"location": {
"kind": "package",
"name": "hot-memory-mcp"
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{
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{
"tool": "retrieval_quality_stats",
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
"tool": "validate_memory",
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{
"tool": "invalidate_memory",
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{
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