Pretorin — the complete, unedited output of the deterministic mcptrustchecker engine v1.5.0, scanned . Every finding, capability tag and score component below is exactly what the engine produced — no AI, no post-processing.
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"No tools were enumerated, so prompt-injection, capability and toxic-flow analysis had no tool surface to inspect. To grade a package’s real runtime tools, scan the running server: --command \"npx -y <package>\"."
]
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"title": "Hardcoded AWS access key id in server code (tests/test_cli_preflight.py)",
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"description": "A live-looking AWS access key id is hardcoded in `tests/test_cli_preflight.py:153`. Secrets in source ship to everyone who installs the package and are a direct credential leak.",
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"name": "tests/test_cli_preflight.py"
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"description": "A live-looking AWS access key id is hardcoded in `tests/test_mcp_preflight.py:182`. Secrets in source ship to everyone who installs the package and are a direct credential leak.",
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"title": "Hardcoded AWS access key id in server code (tests/test_provisioning_schema.py)",
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"title": "Dynamic code execution in server code (tools/render_homebrew_formula.py)",
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"description": "In the server's implementation (`tools/render_homebrew_formula.py:25`): Evaluating strings as code is the most direct RCE primitive; if any tool input reaches it, the server executes attacker-chosen code. 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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"title": "Shell/command execution in server code (docs/book/highlight-abc7f01d.js)",
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"description": "In the server's implementation (`docs/book/highlight-abc7f01d.js:6`): 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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"title": "Shell/command execution in server code (src/pretorin/agent/codex_runtime.py)",
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"severity": "high",
"confidence": "strong",
"description": "In the server's implementation (`src/pretorin/agent/codex_runtime.py:105`): 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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"title": "Shell/command execution in server code (src/pretorin/attestation.py)",
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"severity": "high",
"confidence": "strong",
"description": "In the server's implementation (`src/pretorin/attestation.py:613`): 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/pretorin/attestation.py"
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"title": "Shell/command execution in server code (src/pretorin/cli/harness.py)",
"category": "permissions",
"severity": "high",
"confidence": "strong",
"description": "In the server's implementation (`src/pretorin/cli/harness.py:409`): 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/pretorin/cli/harness.py"
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"title": "Shell/command execution in server code (src/pretorin/cli/main.py)",
"category": "permissions",
"severity": "high",
"confidence": "strong",
"description": "In the server's implementation (`src/pretorin/cli/main.py:513`): 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/pretorin/cli/main.py"
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"title": "Shell/command execution in server code (src/pretorin/cli/recipe.py)",
"category": "permissions",
"severity": "high",
"confidence": "strong",
"description": "In the server's implementation (`src/pretorin/cli/recipe.py:1031`): 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/pretorin/cli/recipe.py"
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"ruleId": "MTC-SRC-002",
"title": "Shell/command execution in server code (src/pretorin/preflight_discovery.py)",
"category": "permissions",
"severity": "high",
"confidence": "strong",
"description": "In the server's implementation (`src/pretorin/preflight_discovery.py:38`): 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/pretorin/preflight_discovery.py"
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"confidence": "strong",
"description": "In the server's implementation (`tests/test_main_entry.py:29`): 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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"confidence": "strong",
"description": "In the server's implementation (`tests/test_release_tools.py:31`): 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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"title": "Shell/command execution in server code (tools/cross-harness-smoke.py)",
"category": "permissions",
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"confidence": "strong",
"description": "In the server's implementation (`tools/cross-harness-smoke.py:603`): 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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"confidence": "strong",
"description": "\"pretorin\" declares no repository URL, so its published artifact cannot be compared against reviewable source.",
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