io.github.drexthealpha/knos

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

  fail25% of grade

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

  Python build script executes at build time: network call in build script

• Credential hygiene

  warn15% of grade

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

  tests/test_private.py: assigns a literal to SECRET (sk_l…31 (len 19)) — non-provider secret literal; prefer environment intake. tests/test_team.py: assigns a literal to SECRET (sk_l…31 (len 19)) — non-provider secret literal; prefer environment intake. Reads secrets from the environment (e.g. src/knos/buy402.py) — the recommended intake shape.

• Permission scope

  warn15% of grade

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

  references credential paths: src/knos/private.py: references a credential path (id_rsa) has both shell/exec and network egress — capable of download-and-run, though no such path was observed (src/knos/cli.py: subprocess.* call; src/knos/buy402.py: outbound HTTP/socket call). has both shell/exec and destructive filesystem writes (src/knos/cli.py: subprocess.* call; src/knos/sessions.py: destructive filesystem call (shutil.rmtree/os.remove/etc.)). discloses shell/exec capability: 6 files (src/knos/cli.py, src/knos/code.py, src/knos/git.py, +3 more) discloses broad/destructive filesystem access: src/knos/sessions.py: destructive filesystem call (shutil.rmtree/os.remove/etc.) Capability DISCLOSURE, not a verdict: static analysis sees the primitive is present and reachable, not whether its use is attacker-controlled.

• Version behavior

  fail10% of grade

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

  vs prior 0.1.2 (patch bump): new capability primitive(s) in source: http-client, subprocess; new hardcoded outbound host/BCC destination(s): github.com, opencode.ai, sepolia.base.org, x402.org.

• Transport config

  unscannable10% of grade

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

  local stdio server: no remote transport or auth surface, and no phone-home/telemetry signal found in source. Absence of transport findings is NOT a safety guarantee — phone-home hosts can be constructed at runtime and defeat static analysis.