Grades are a hygiene check, not a security guarantee.

MCP, MCP server

ScanMalware.com URL Scanner

Minimal Python MCP server that wraps the public ScanMalware.com API.

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 14c678288672.

PERMISSION_SHELL_UNDECLARED SECRETS_PATH_CREDENTIAL

Why this grade

  • PERMISSION_SHELL_UNDECLARED Medium

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

    deploy/security/security_check.py, line 73 return subprocess.run(

  • SECRETS_PATH_CREDENTIAL Medium

    Mentions a credential store path (~/.ssh, id_rsa, .npmrc, .aws/credentials, credentials.json, .netrc).

    deploy/security/security_check.py, line 32 r"/etc/passwd|/proc/self|\.ssh/|\.aws/|\.env\b|\$\(|`|;\s*(cat|ls|id|env|sleep|curl|wget)\b|"

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

    Concern

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

    PERMISSION_SHELL_UNDECLARED

    deploy/security/security_check.py, line 73

    return subprocess.run(

  • 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_ENV_READ SECRETS_PATH_CREDENTIAL SECRETS_PATH_DOTENV

    scanmalware_mcp/server.py, line 1447

    bearer = os.getenv("SCANMALWARE_BEARER_TOKEN")

    scanmalware_mcp/server.py, line 1509

    auth_token = os.getenv("MCP_AUTH_TOKEN")

    deploy/security/security_check.py, line 32

    r"/etc/passwd|/proc/self|\.ssh/|\.aws/|\.env\b|\$\(|`|;\s*(cat|ls|id|env|sleep|curl|wget)\b|"

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    docs/OPERATIONS.md, line 35

    Nicer still, put it in `~/.ssh/config` (untracked) and just use `ssh scanmalware-mcp`:

    docs/OPERATIONS.md, line 41

    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_ed25519

    .dockerignore, line 16

    .env

  • 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.md).

  • Maintainer activity

    Pass

    The latest commit is within the last 365 days.

Note

Hygiene check of commit 14c678288672. 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: 14c6782886721babb8fc7babad14fb1beabed125

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