io.github.Jeomon/macos-mcp

What we checked

Six static checks, weighted by risk. Every result reflects only what could be observed in the published package and repository — never intent.

• Injection surface

  unscannable25% of grade

  Tool descriptions/manifest scanned for instruction-injection patterns (imperatives at the model, hidden text, 'ignore previous', data-exfil URLs).

  No tool descriptions, server instructions, prompts, or resources were fetched; nothing to scan for injection.

• Supply chain

  warn25% of grade

  Package provenance: namespace verification, repo linkage, maintainer count, account age, postinstall scripts, typosquat distance.

  dependency "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk" is edit-distance 2 from top-20 package "six" (typosquat candidate)

• Credential hygiene

  warn15% of grade

  How the server takes secrets (env vs plaintext config vs hardcoded); secrets appearing in tool schemas.

  src/macos_mcp/infrastructure/analytics.py: assigns a literal to API_KEY (phc_…LV (len 47)) — non-provider secret literal; prefer environment intake. Reads secrets from the environment (e.g. extensions/macos-mcp.ts) — the recommended intake shape.

• Permission scope

  fail15% of grade

  Declared tools vs. breadth (filesystem, network, exec); flags shell-exec and unbounded filesystem access.

  HIGH: shell/exec capability AND network egress together — download-and-execute risk (src/macos_mcp/__main__.py: subprocess.* call; src/macos_mcp/desktop/service.py: outbound HTTP/socket call). discloses shell/exec capability: src/macos_mcp/__main__.py: subprocess.* call discloses shell/exec capability: src/macos_mcp/permissions.py: subprocess.* call discloses shell/exec capability: src/macos_mcp/ax/core.py: subprocess.* call discloses shell/exec capability: src/macos_mcp/desktop/service.py: subprocess.* call Capability DISCLOSURE, not a verdict: static analysis sees the primitive is present and reachable, not whether its use is attacker-controlled.

• Version behavior

  unscannable10% of grade

  Diff of tool definitions between versions; new permissions or changed descriptions in a patch release (the postmark-mcp class).

  no prior version to diff (first sight of io.github.Jeomon/[email protected]); version-drift / rug-pull cannot be evaluated. Cold-start risk is covered by point-in-time checks (injection_surface, supply_chain, credential_hygiene), not here.

• Transport config

  warn10% of grade

  Remote servers: TLS and auth mode (none/token/OAuth). Local servers: whether the manifest indicates it phones home.

  sends telemetry to third-party SDK (posthog) — disclosure, verify opt-in; manifest/source references Analytics behavior — disclosure