Notebooklm (pan-sec) MCP Server
@pan-sec/notebooklm-mcp
npm
v2026.5.0
Published by @pan-sec — no publish provenance, so origin is unverified, but the source is public: the repository link below is self-declared yet readable, so you can inspect the code before adopting it.
Security-hardened MCP server for NotebookLM API with compliance-ready architecture (GDPR, SOC2, CSSF controls implemented)
The grade answers one question — how safe is this server for you to adopt — so it is computed in two auditable stages. Nothing below is an opinion or an LLM's guess; every line is a real term the deterministic engine applied, and the same input always yields the same number.
1. Threat score — 100 − 0 = 100. What the published surface and source actually contain:
The deterministic scan raised no scored threat in the surface it inspected — the threat score stayed at 100. Capability observations and advisory notes are recorded but never lower it.
2. Client adoption risk — 100 − 7 = 93. Three small, subtract-only factors that reflect your risk in adopting it — a clean scan proves less on a powerful, unverified or barely-inspectable package, so the grade says so plainly:
| Points | Adoption-risk factor |
|---|---|
| −6 | capability blast radius (high) — client exposure if the model is manipulated |
| −1 | publisher verification (public source) — no provenance, but the source is public and inspectable |
Capability observations and info notes are shown under Findings but never scored.
Open any row's finding below for the file, line and evidence behind a deduction.
Findings 3
high Reads a sensitive credential path or dumps the environment (dist/tools/handlers/notebook-creation.js)MTC-SRC-006
In the server's implementation (`dist/tools/handlers/notebook-creation.js:378`): Reading private keys / cloud credentials, or serializing the whole environment, is a sensitive-data source that becomes exfiltration when combined with any egress. This is read from the code itself — not from the tool description — so a poisoned server cannot hide it behind honest-looking metadata.
Evidence: ".kube", ".config/gcloud", ".config/git", ".netrc", ".npmrc", ".mcpregist
Fix: 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: server dist/tools/handlers/notebook-creation.js
high Reads a sensitive credential path or dumps the environment (dist/utils/security.js)MTC-SRC-006
In the server's implementation (`dist/utils/security.js:336`): Reading private keys / cloud credentials, or serializing the whole environment, is a sensitive-data source that becomes exfiltration when combined with any egress. This is read from the code itself — not from the tool description — so a poisoned server cannot hide it behind honest-looking metadata.
Evidence: cker", ".kube", ".config/gcloud", ".config/git", ".netrc", ".npmrc", ".mcpregistry_github_token"
Fix: 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: server dist/utils/security.js
high Shell/command execution in server code (dist/utils/file-permissions.js)MTC-SRC-002
In the server's implementation (`dist/utils/file-permissions.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.
Evidence: { execFileSync } from "child_process"; // Lazy imports to avoid circular dependency (audit-logger → config → file-permi
Fix: 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: server dist/utils/file-permissions.js
Tools 7
Each tool and what it can reach — statically extracted from the published source.
ask_questionno sensitive capabilitycreate_notebookno sensitive capabilitydeep_researchno sensitive capabilitygemini_queryno sensitive capabilityquery_documentno sensitive capabilitysync_libraryno sensitive capabilityupload_documentno sensitive capability
What this scan could not see
- Tools were statically extracted from the published source (7 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>".
Versions 2
Scan history per published version. The engine is deterministic — the same version always yields the same score, so a changed score means the package itself changed.
| Version | Score | Findings | Engine | Scanned |
|---|---|---|---|---|
v2026.5.0 latest |
A 93/100 | 3 | 1.13.0 | 2026-09-07 |
v2026.4.1 |
A 93/100 | 2 | 1.13.0 | 2026-08-29 |
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Verify this score yourself
The score above is reproducible: the same package version always yields the same result. Run it locally or over the free API — no account, no LLM, fully deterministic.
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