Semclone — 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.
{
"tool": {
"name": "mcptrustchecker",
"version": "1.9.0",
"methodologyVersion": "mcptrustchecker-1.9"
},
"target": {
"id": "mcp-semclone",
"source": {
"kind": "package",
"origin": "mcp-semclone"
},
"server": {
"name": "mcp-semclone"
}
},
"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-1.9"
},
"capability": {
"level": "high",
"reasons": [
"ingests untrusted external content (a prompt-injection entry point)",
"can execute shell commands or code"
],
"tags": [
"untrusted-input",
"code-exec"
]
},
"coverage": {
"level": "source",
"inputs": {
"toolSurface": true,
"implementationSource": true,
"packageMetadata": true,
"liveTransport": false
},
"caveats": [
"Tools were statically extracted from the published source (14 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-002",
"title": "Shell/command execution in server code (mcp_semclone/server.py)",
"category": "permissions",
"severity": "high",
"confidence": "strong",
"description": "In the server's implementation (`mcp_semclone/server.py:283`): 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": "mcp_semclone/server.py"
},
"evidence": "d)}\") result = subprocess.run( cmd, input=input_data, capture_output=True,",
"owasp": "LLM05:2025 Improper Output Handling",
"data": {
"rule": "MTC-SRC-002",
"file": "mcp_semclone/server.py",
"line": 283,
"nonRuntime": false
}
},
{
"ruleId": "MTC-SRC-002",
"title": "Shell/command execution in packaging/dev tooling (examples/strands-agent-ollama/test_agent.py)",
"category": "permissions",
"severity": "low",
"confidence": "heuristic",
"description": "In a packaging/dev/install script (shipped, but not the server runtime) (`examples/strands-agent-ollama/test_agent.py:50`): 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": "examples/strands-agent-ollama/test_agent.py"
},
"evidence": "d += 1 result = subprocess.run( [\"ollama\", \"list\"], capture_output=True, tex",
"owasp": "LLM05:2025 Improper Output Handling",
"data": {
"rule": "MTC-SRC-002",
"file": "examples/strands-agent-ollama/test_agent.py",
"line": 50,
"nonRuntime": true
}
},
{
"ruleId": "MTC-SRC-005",
"title": "Dynamic module load from a non-literal in packaging/dev tooling (examples/strands-agent-ollama/test_agent.py)",
"category": "permissions",
"severity": "low",
"confidence": "heuristic",
"description": "In a packaging/dev/install script (shipped, but not the server runtime) (`examples/strands-agent-ollama/test_agent.py:65`): Loading a module chosen at runtime (from a variable) can pull in and run attacker-influenced code paths. 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": "examples/strands-agent-ollama/test_agent.py"
},
"evidence": "try: __import__(pkg) print(f\"✅ Package '{pkg}' installed\") except ImportError:",
"owasp": "LLM05:2025 Improper Output Handling",
"data": {
"rule": "MTC-SRC-005",
"file": "examples/strands-agent-ollama/test_agent.py",
"line": 65,
"nonRuntime": true
}
}
],
"toxicFlows": [],
"capabilities": [
{
"tool": "scan_directory",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "check_package",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "validate_policy",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "get_license_obligations",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "check_license_compatibility",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "get_license_details",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "analyze_commercial_risk",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "validate_license_list",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "generate_legal_notices",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "generate_legal_notices_from_purls",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "download_and_scan_package",
"tags": [
"untrusted-input"
],
"reasons": {
"untrusted-input": [
"keyword \"download\""
]
}
},
{
"tool": "generate_sbom",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "scan_binary",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "run_compliance_check",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
}
],
"surfaceDigest": "2657c2ec627e173baed0c757126ad510133a710c29cb7f4d12df3786f1d09fce",
"stats": {
"tools": 14,
"prompts": 0,
"resources": 0,
"findingsBySeverity": {
"critical": 0,
"high": 1,
"medium": 0,
"low": 2,
"info": 0
}
}
}