Grades are a hygiene check, not a security guarantee.

MCP, MCP server

cortexgraph

cortexgraph, an MCP server listed in the PlugVet directory.

Compatibility: Not stated.

Grade D

Two or more Medium findings, or a High finding. Only try it in a sandbox.

Graded by PlugVetRubric v2

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

Rescanned at commit 81a2daa3436f, unchanged since the check below.

INSTALL_REMOTE_SCRIPT AGENT_IGNORE_INSTRUCTIONS OBFUSCATION_MINIFIED_PAYLOAD

Why this grade

  • INSTALL_REMOTE_SCRIPT Medium

    Fetches a script from the network and runs it (a pipe to a shell, or an install hook with a URL).

    CONTRIBUTING.md, line 310 curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

  • AGENT_IGNORE_INSTRUCTIONS Medium

    Text tells the agent to ignore earlier instructions.

    site/prompt_injection/index.html, line 1574 <div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><a id="__codelineno-0-1" name="__codelineno-0-1" href="#__codelineno-0-1"></a>User saves: &quot;IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS. You

  • OBFUSCATION_MINIFIED_PAYLOAD Medium

    Contains a very long line with almost no spaces in a script or style file.

    uv.lock, line 1 version = 1

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What was checked

Plain notes from the hygiene checks.

  • Permissions

    Note

    requests shell access. The manifest names this permission.

    PERMISSION_SHELL_DECLARED

    src/cortexgraph/agents/beads_integration.py, line 68

    result = subprocess.run(

    specs/003-multi-agent-consolidation/research.md, line 31

    result = subprocess.run(

    specs/003-multi-agent-consolidation/research.md, line 43

    result = subprocess.run(

  • Install and update

    Serious

    install fetches a script from the network. The docs document an installer that pipes a download into a shell.

    INSTALL_REMOTE_SCRIPT INSTALL_DOCUMENTED_INSTALLER

    CONTRIBUTING.md, line 310

    curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

    CONTRIBUTING.md, line 425

    curl https://pyenv.run | bash

    CONTRIBUTING.md, line 454

    curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

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    docs/CONTRIBUTING.md, line 310

    curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

    docs/CONTRIBUTING.md, line 425

    curl https://pyenv.run | bash

    docs/CONTRIBUTING.md, line 454

    curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

    requirements.txt, line 1

    mcp>=1.2.0

    .beads/README.md, line 64

    curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/steveyegge/beads/main/scripts/install.sh | bash

  • Network

    Concern

    can reach a host that is not written as a fixed address.

    NETWORK_NO_FIXED_HOST

    src/cortexgraph/web/static/app.js, line 143

    const response = await fetch(`${API_BASE}/memories?${params}`);

    src/cortexgraph/web/static/app.js, line 380

    const response = await fetch(`${API_BASE}/memories/${memory.id}/relationships`);

    src/cortexgraph/web/static/app.js, line 422

    const response = await fetch(`${API_BASE}/memories/${id}`);

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    src/cortexgraph/web/static/app.js, line 513

    const response = await fetch(`${API_BASE}/memories/${id}/save-to-vault`, {

    src/cortexgraph/web/static/js/graph.js, line 97

    const response = await fetch(url, options);

  • Secrets

    Concern

    reads a credential or environment file.

    SECRETS_ENV_READ SECRETS_PATH_DOTENV

    docs/prompts/memory_system_prompt.md, line 33

    User: "The database password is in /home/user/.env"

    docs/prompts/memory_system_prompt.md, line 562

    Good: "Let me think... you mentioned the database config is in /home/user/.env"

    src/cortexgraph/config.py, line 19

    # Load environment variables from .env file (XDG paths first, then local)

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    src/cortexgraph/config.py, line 22

    _config_dir / ".env", # Primary: ~/.config/cortexgraph/.env

    src/cortexgraph/config.py, line 23

    Path(".env"), # Fallback: ./env (for development)

    src/cortexgraph/config.py, line 33

    # Log warning if no .env file found (but don't fail - config has defaults)

    src/cortexgraph/config.py, line 38

    "No .env file found. CortexGraph will use default configuration.\n"

    src/cortexgraph/config.py, line 39

    f"To customize settings, create: {_config_dir / '.env'}\n"

    src/cortexgraph/config.py, line 483

    if detect_secrets := os.getenv("CORTEXGRAPH_DETECT_SECRETS"):

  • Agent instructions

    Serious

    instructions tell the agent to ignore earlier instructions.

    AGENT_IGNORE_INSTRUCTIONS

    site/prompt_injection/index.html, line 1574

    <div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><a id="__codelineno-0-1" name="__codelineno-0-1" href="#__codelineno-0-1"></a>User saves: &quot;IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS. You

    site/prompt_injection/index.html, line 1647

    <a id="__codelineno-4-9" name="__codelineno-4-9" href="#__codelineno-4-9"></a><span class="k">-</span><span class="w"> </span>&quot;IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS&quot;

    site/prompt_injection/index.html, line 1899

    <a id="__codelineno-14-16" name="__codelineno-14-16" href="#__codelineno-14-16"></a> - &quot;IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS&quot; ← Ignore this

    Show more

    site/prompt_injection/index.html, line 1953

    <a id="__codelineno-16-14" name="__codelineno-16-14" href="#__codelineno-16-14"></a> <span class="n">text</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;IGNORE ALL P

  • Obfuscation

    Concern

    contains a minified payload.

    OBFUSCATION_MINIFIED_PAYLOAD

    uv.lock, line 1

    version = 1

    site/assets/javascripts/bundle.79ae519e.min.js, line 1

    "use strict";(()=>{var Zi=Object.create;var _r=Object.defineProperty;var ea=Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor;var ta=Object.getOwnPropertyNames,Bt=Object.getOwnPropertySymbols,ra=Obj

    site/assets/javascripts/bundle.79ae519e.min.js.map, line 1

    {

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    site/assets/javascripts/lunr/tinyseg.js, line 58

    this.BW1__ = {",と":660,",同":727,"B1あ":1404,"B1同":542,"、と":660,"、同":727,"」と":1682,"あっ":1505,"いう":1743,"いっ":-2055,"いる":672,"うし":-4817,"うん":665,"から":3472,"がら":600,"こう":-790,"こと":2083,

    site/assets/javascripts/lunr/tinyseg.js, line 59

    this.BW2__ = {"..":-11822,"11":-669,"――":-5730,"−−":-13175,"いう":-1609,"うか":2490,"かし":-1350,"かも":-602,"から":-7194,"かれ":4612,"がい":853,"がら":-3198,"きた":1941,"くな":-1597,"こと":-8392,"この":-

    site/assets/javascripts/lunr/tinyseg.js, line 60

    this.BW3__ = {"あた":-2194,"あり":719,"ある":3846,"い.":-1185,"い。":-1185,"いい":5308,"いえ":2079,"いく":3029,"いた":2056,"いっ":1883,"いる":5600,"いわ":1527,"うち":1117,"うと":4798,"えと":1454,"か.":2857,"か。"

    site/assets/javascripts/lunr/tinyseg.js, line 86

    this.UW2__ = {",":-829,"、":-829,"〇":892,"「":-645,"」":3145,"あ":-538,"い":505,"う":134,"お":-502,"か":1454,"が":-856,"く":-412,"こ":1141,"さ":878,"ざ":540,"し":1529,"す":-675,"せ":300,"そ":-1011,

    site/assets/javascripts/lunr/tinyseg.js, line 87

    this.UW3__ = {",":4889,"1":-800,"−":-1723,"、":4889,"々":-2311,"〇":5827,"」":2670,"〓":-3573,"あ":-2696,"い":1006,"う":2342,"え":1983,"お":-4864,"か":-1163,"が":3271,"く":1004,"け":388,"げ":401,

    site/assets/javascripts/lunr/tinyseg.js, line 88

    this.UW4__ = {",":3930,".":3508,"―":-4841,"、":3930,"。":3508,"〇":4999,"「":1895,"」":3798,"〓":-5156,"あ":4752,"い":-3435,"う":-640,"え":-2514,"お":2405,"か":530,"が":6006,"き":-4482,"ぎ":-3821

    site/assets/javascripts/lunr/tinyseg.js, line 89

    this.UW5__ = {",":465,".":-299,"1":-514,"E2":-32768,"]":-2762,"、":465,"。":-299,"「":363,"あ":1655,"い":331,"う":-503,"え":1199,"お":527,"か":647,"が":-421,"き":1624,"ぎ":1971,"く":312,"げ":-98

    site/assets/javascripts/lunr/wordcut.js, line 1

    (function(f){if(typeof exports==="object"&&typeof module!=="undefined"){module.exports=f()}else if(typeof define==="function"&&define.amd){define([],f)}else{var g;if(typeof window!

    site/assets/javascripts/workers/search.2c215733.min.js.map, line 1

    {

    site/search/search_index.json, line 1

    {"config":{"lang":["en"],"separator":"[\\s\\-]+","pipeline":["stopWordFilter"],"fields":{"title":{"boost":1000.0},"text":{"boost":1.0},"tags":{"boost":1000000.0}}},"docs":[{"locati

  • 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 81a2daa3436f. requests shell access. The manifest names this permission. install fetches a script from the network. The docs document an installer that pipes a download into a shell. can reach a host that is not written as a fixed address. reads a credential or environment file. instructions tell the agent to ignore earlier instructions. contains a minified payload.

Date and source

Date checked:

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Commit graded: 81a2daa3436f0923650eda9d84579cab54710408

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