Grades are a hygiene check, not a security guarantee.

MCP, MCP server

Community Vmware Desktop Hypervisor Mcp

A community MCP server for VMware® desktop hypervisors that exposes VMware Fusion and VMware Workstation operations to MCP hosts through the local vmcli CLI.^1

Compatibility: Not stated.

Grade C

One Medium finding. Read the report before installing.

Graded by PlugVetRubric v2

Not a guarantee. A hygiene check of the source at the commit shown, not a security audit.

PERMISSION_SHELL_UNDECLARED

Why this grade

  • PERMISSION_SHELL_UNDECLARED Medium

    Runs shell commands that the manifest or description does not mention.

    src/community_vmware_desktop_hypervisor_mcp/platform_detector.py, line 77 out = subprocess.run( # noqa: S603

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What was checked

Plain notes from the hygiene checks.

  • Permissions

    Concern

    requests shell access. No manifest field names shell or command execution.

    PERMISSION_SHELL_UNDECLARED

    src/community_vmware_desktop_hypervisor_mcp/platform_detector.py, line 77

    out = subprocess.run( # noqa: S603

    src/community_vmware_desktop_hypervisor_mcp/platform_detector.py, line 86

    rc = subprocess.run( # noqa: S603

  • Install and update

    Pass

    No install-time script found, and dependencies are pinned or absent.

  • Network

    Pass

    No network call found.

  • Secrets

    Concern

    reads a credential or environment file.

    SECRETS_PATH_UNCONFIRMED

    .gitignore, line 25

    venv/

  • Agent instructions

    Pass

    No instruction to ignore earlier instructions or to hide a step.

  • Obfuscation

    Pass

    No encoded or minified payload found.

  • Licence

    Pass

    A licence file is present (LICENSE).

  • Maintainer activity

    Pass

    The latest commit is within the last 365 days.

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Note

Hygiene check of commit 6c5b52870f34. requests shell access. No manifest field names shell or command execution. reads a credential or environment file.

Date and source

Date checked:

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github.com

Commit graded: 6c5b52870f34e7efe2d9ccd66f1919391c071d9a

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