A security audit of 9,248 Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers revealed significant vulnerabilities and lack of best practices. The audit found that 0.3% of servers attempted to access sensitive files, 11% exhibited undocumented network traffic, and 23% declared non-existent tools. Furthermore, 64% lacked identifiable publishers, 89% did not provide a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM), and many servers with "zero issues" had few or no users, indicating a lack of active maintenance. The findings highlight a "wild west" environment within the MCP ecosystem, urging users to employ sandboxing, verify specific versions, scrutinize tool descriptions, and demand SBOMs. AI
IMPACT Highlights critical security risks in the agent ecosystem, impacting developers and users of AI agents.
RANK_REASON The cluster details findings from a security audit of a specific protocol (MCP) using defined methodologies and tools, presenting empirical data on vulnerabilities.
- Cloudflare
- Cloudflare 1.1.1.1
- DeepSeek R2
- GitHub
- Google 8.8.8.8
- gVisor
- MCP
- OpenAI
- OWASP
- Semgrep
- Stripe
- .aws/credentials
- Cloudflare R2
- DNS over HTTPS
- GitHub Actions CI
- Model Context Protocol
- .npmrc
- software supply chain
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