Grades are a hygiene check, not a security guarantee.

MCP, MCP server

dev.hythe/hythe

A coordination bus + shared truth for your agent fleet. Self-hosted, two-component setup: a dockerized server plus a thin stdio bridge for your MCP clients.

Compatibility: Not stated.

Grade B

Minor issues only, no Medium or High. Worth a quick look at the findings below before installing.

Graded by PlugVetRubric v2

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

Rescanned at commit 449794a59251, unchanged since the check below.

NETWORK_NO_FIXED_HOST SECRETS_PATH_DOTENV SECRETS_ENV_READ OBFUSCATION_FILE_OVER_READ_CAP

Why this grade

  • NETWORK_NO_FIXED_HOST Low

    Makes a network call whose host is not written as a fixed address.

    mcp-stdio-http-bridge.cjs, line 258 const req = http.request({

  • SECRETS_PATH_DOTENV Low

    Mentions a .env file.

    bin/engram-mcp.cjs, line 12 * --write-env generates an API key and writes ./.env

  • SECRETS_ENV_READ Note

    Reads an environment variable whose name contains KEY, SECRET, TOKEN, PASSWORD or CREDENTIAL.

    mcp-stdio-http-bridge.cjs, line 246 if (process.env.API_KEY) headers['x-api-key'] = process.env.API_KEY;

  • OBFUSCATION_FILE_OVER_READ_CAP Note

    A file was over the read cap and was not fully read.

    package-lock.json, line 1 {

Any High, or two or more Medium findings, give D. One Medium gives C. Low findings or a security Note give B. Each code names a finding behind the letter.

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What was checked

Plain notes from the hygiene checks.

  • Permissions

    Pass

    No shell or command execution found, and no extra permission was declared.

  • Install and update

    Pass

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

  • Network

    Concern

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

    NETWORK_NO_FIXED_HOST

    mcp-stdio-http-bridge.cjs, line 258

    const req = http.request({

    mcp-stdio-http-bridge.cjs, line 331

    const req = http.request(options, (res) => {

    mcp-stdio-http-bridge.cjs, line 598

    const req = http.request(options, (res) => {

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    mcp-stdio-http-bridge.cjs, line 666

    const req = http.request(options, (res) => {

    bin/engram-mcp.cjs, line 397

    const req = http.request(

    src/notifications/index.ts, line 32

    const res = await fetch(this.webhookUrl, {

    src/unified-server/eng4/resource.ts, line 12

    * fetch (fail closed on corruption - never serve unverifiable bytes).

    docker/Dockerfile, line 42

    CMD node -e "fetch('http://localhost:6174/ready').then(async r=>{const b=await r.json();process.exit(r.status===200&&b.ready===true&&b.degraded===false?0:1)}).catch(()=>process.exi

    docker/docker-compose.yml, line 35

    test: ["CMD", "node", "-e", "fetch('http://localhost:6174/ready').then(async r=>{const b=await r.json();process.exit(r.status===200&&b.ready===true&&b.degraded===false?0:1)}).catch

    docker/pavilion-production.compose.yml, line 51

    test: ["CMD", "node", "-e", "fetch('http://localhost:6174/ready').then(async r=>{const b=await r.json();process.exit(r.status===200&&b.ready===true&&b.degraded===false?0:1)}).catch

    src/unified-neural-mcp-server.ts, line 1714

    const response = await fetch(`${baseUrl}/api/agents/register`, {

  • Secrets

    Concern

    reads a credential or environment file.

    SECRETS_ENV_READ SECRETS_PATH_DOTENV

    mcp-stdio-http-bridge.cjs, line 246

    if (process.env.API_KEY) headers['x-api-key'] = process.env.API_KEY;

    bin/engram-mcp.cjs, line 12

    * --write-env generates an API key and writes ./.env

    bin/engram-mcp.cjs, line 56

    ' --write-env generate an API key + write ./.env (mode 600; write-once)',

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    bin/engram-mcp.cjs, line 281

    const envPath = path.resolve(process.cwd(), '.env');

    bin/engram-mcp.cjs, line 296

    `${CLI_NAME} init: ./.env already exists - refusing to overwrite. ` +

    bin/engram-mcp.cjs, line 316

    lines.push(`Then place a mode-600 .env in that checkout and run ${CLIENT_PACKAGE_SPEC} init there before Docker Compose.`);

    bin/engram-mcp.cjs, line 338

    if (process.env.API_KEY) return;

    bin/engram-mcp.cjs, line 350

    process.env.API_KEY = parseApiKeyFile(fs.readFileSync(keyFilePath, 'utf8'));

    bin/engram-mcp.cjs, line 434

    const apiKey = process.env.API_KEY;

    docker/verify-transformer-runtime.mjs, line 13

    const env = transformers.env || transformers.default?.env;

    scripts/verify-hythe-release-tree.mjs, line 68

    const envExample = read('.env.example');

    scripts/verify-hythe-release-tree.mjs, line 312

    if (publicInitExamples.length === 0) failures.push('.env.example public init example missing');

    src/message-hub/websocket-server.ts, line 107

    const configuredKey = process.env.API_KEY || process.env.NEURAL_API_KEY;

    src/middleware/security.ts, line 125

    const serverApiKey = process.env.API_KEY || process.env.NEURAL_API_KEY;

    src/middleware/security.ts, line 299

    const customPrefix = process.env.RATE_LIMIT_REDIS_KEY_PREFIX || '';

    src/middleware/security.ts, line 516

    const serverApiKey = process.env.API_KEY || process.env.NEURAL_API_KEY;

  • Agent instructions

    Pass

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

  • Obfuscation

    Note

    a file was over the read cap and was not fully read.

    OBFUSCATION_FILE_OVER_READ_CAP

    package-lock.json, line 1

    {

    src/unified-neural-mcp-server.ts, line 1

    import express from 'express';

    src/unified-server/memory/index.ts, line 1

    // Hierarchical Memory Manager Implementation

  • Licence

    Pass

    A licence file is present (LICENSE).

  • Maintainer activity

    Pass

    The latest commit is within the last 365 days.

Note

Hygiene check of commit 449794a59251. can reach a host that is not written as a fixed address. reads a credential or environment file. a file was over the read cap and was not fully read.

Date and source

Date checked:

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github.com

Commit graded: 449794a592512990d265909606b2fd0b448f3769

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