Kindex — the complete, unedited output of the deterministic mcptrustchecker engine v1.9.0, 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": {
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},
"target": {
"id": "kindex",
"source": {
"kind": "package",
"origin": "kindex"
},
"server": {
"name": "kindex"
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},
"grade": "A",
"score": {
"score": 93,
"threatScore": 100,
"grade": "A",
"band": "A",
"categorySubtotals": {
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"exfiltration": 0,
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"network": 0,
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{
"kind": "client",
"term": "capability-exposure",
"level": "high",
"label": "capability blast radius (high) — client exposure if the model is manipulated",
"appliedPenalty": 6
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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",
"appliedPenalty": 1
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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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"capability": {
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"inputs": {
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"implementationSource": true,
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"caveats": [
"Tools were statically extracted from the published source (52 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>\"."
]
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"title": "Tool \"remind_exec\" exposes command/code execution",
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"confidence": "strong",
"description": "Tool \"remind_exec\" appears to run shell commands or evaluate code (keyword \"exec\" 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.",
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"owasp": "LLM05:2025 Improper Output Handling",
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"ruleId": "MTC-SRC-002",
"title": "Shell/command execution in server code (src/kindex/actions.py)",
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"severity": "high",
"confidence": "strong",
"description": "In the server's implementation (`src/kindex/actions.py:169`): 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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"kind": "server",
"name": "src/kindex/actions.py"
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"evidence": "try: proc = subprocess.run( command, shell=True, capture_output=True, text=True, tim",
"owasp": "LLM05:2025 Improper Output Handling",
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"rule": "MTC-SRC-002",
"file": "src/kindex/actions.py",
"line": 169,
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"ruleId": "MTC-SRC-002",
"title": "Shell/command execution in server code (src/kindex/adapters/code.py)",
"category": "permissions",
"severity": "high",
"confidence": "strong",
"description": "In the server's implementation (`src/kindex/adapters/code.py:36`): 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/kindex/adapters/code.py"
},
"evidence": "try: r = subprocess.run( [\"ctags\", \"--version\"], capture_output=True, text=True",
"owasp": "LLM05:2025 Improper Output Handling",
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"title": "Shell/command execution in server code (src/kindex/adapters/git_hooks.py)",
"category": "permissions",
"severity": "high",
"confidence": "strong",
"description": "In the server's implementation (`src/kindex/adapters/git_hooks.py:154`): 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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"evidence": "try: result = subprocess.run( [\"git\", \"-C\", str(repo_path), \"log\", f\"--max-count={limit}\",",
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"file": "src/kindex/adapters/git_hooks.py",
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"title": "Shell/command execution in server code (src/kindex/adapters/github.py)",
"category": "permissions",
"severity": "high",
"confidence": "strong",
"description": "In the server's implementation (`src/kindex/adapters/github.py: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.",
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"name": "src/kindex/adapters/github.py"
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"evidence": "try: result = subprocess.run([\"gh\", \"auth\", \"status\"], capture_output=True, tex",
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"title": "Shell/command execution in server code (src/kindex/adapters/linear.py)",
"category": "permissions",
"severity": "high",
"confidence": "strong",
"description": "In the server's implementation (`src/kindex/adapters/linear.py:28`): 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/kindex/adapters/linear.py"
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"confidence": "strong",
"description": "In the server's implementation (`src/kindex/attention.py:1295`): 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.",
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"line": 1295,
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"title": "Shell/command execution in server code (src/kindex/cli.py)",
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"severity": "high",
"confidence": "strong",
"description": "In the server's implementation (`src/kindex/cli.py:5065`): 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.",
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"severity": "high",
"confidence": "strong",
"description": "In the server's implementation (`src/kindex/code_map.py:37`): 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/kindex/code_map.py"
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"evidence": "\"\" try: r = subprocess.run( [\"git\", \"rev-parse\", \"HEAD\"], cwd=str(directory),",
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"ruleId": "MTC-SRC-002",
"title": "Shell/command execution in server code (src/kindex/config.py)",
"category": "permissions",
"severity": "high",
"confidence": "strong",
"description": "In the server's implementation (`src/kindex/config.py:496`): 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.",
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"name": "src/kindex/config.py"
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"title": "Shell/command execution in server code (src/kindex/dream.py)",
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"severity": "high",
"confidence": "strong",
"description": "In the server's implementation (`src/kindex/dream.py:588`): 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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{
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