VetBLOCK
Protect against malicious open source packages 🤖
Overview
From the repository's own README, as read at the audited commit. Badges and raw HTML are left out.
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[!NOTE] vet also runs in the cloud. Point it at your GitHub repositories and get continuous scanning, malware detection, and policy enforcement without managing any infrastructure. See SafeDep Cloud for the end-to-end software supply chain security platform.Why vet?
**70-90%
3261a9719523OBSERVED · 2026-09-25Connect
Built from this server's own package name, version and transport as found in its source — not copied from anyone's documentation, so it cannot drift against a page we do not control.
claude mcp add vet:vVERSION_FROM_ENV -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/safedep/vet:vVERSION_FROM_ENV:None -s /tmp/vet-mcp.log server mcp
Trust audit
BLOCKgrade F · trust 54/100 Do not install this without reading the findings. The audit found something that could harm you or your machine.
| Layer | What it checks | Result |
|---|---|---|
| L0 | Provenance & inventory | PASS |
| L1 | Static analysis of the code | FAIL |
| L2 | Instruction surface (what it tells the agent) | PASS |
| L3 | Class-specific surface | PASS |
| L4 | Behavioural (sandbox) | SKIPPED |
What the source does
- Filesystem
- declared (5 observation(s))
- Network
- declared (9 observation(s))
- Shell
- declared (6 observation(s))
- Dependencies
- not all pinned
- Secrets in source
- found
Findings (25)
func (_c *CodeSignatureMatchCreate) Exec(ctx context.Context) error {func (_c *CodeSignatureMatchCreateBulk) Exec(ctx context.Context) error {func (_d *CodeSignatureMatchDelete) Exec(ctx context.Context) (int, error) {func (_d *CodeSignatureMatchDeleteOne) Exec(ctx context.Context) error {func (_u *CodeSignatureMatchUpdate) Exec(ctx context.Context) error {"List of allowed origin prefixes for SSE connections. By default, we allow http://localhost:, http://127.0.0.1: and https://localhost:.",
return &Config{ApiKey: "test-api-key-from-config"}.golangci.yml
.goreleaser.yaml
.node-version
const md5 = crypto.createHash('md5');hashlib.md5(b"test").digest()
value: "Crypto.Cipher.DES.new"
value: "Cryptodome.Cipher.DES.new"
export E2E_ROOT="$E2E_THIS_DIR/../../"
Details: "Found suspicious eval usage and data exfiltration attempts",
assert.Equal(t, "Package contains malicious code\n\nFound suspicious eval usage and data exfiltration attempts", vuln.Description)
Summary: "Suspicious code detected that attempts to exfiltrate sensitive data",
- **Allowed origin prefixes**: `http://localhost:`, `http://127.0.0.1:`, `https://localhost:`
--sse-allowed-origins "http://localhost:,http://127.0.0.1:,https://localhost:"
--sse-allowed-origins "http://localhost:,http://127.0.0.1:,https://localhost:"
"http://127.0.0.1:",
"content" : "QXBhY2hlIExpY2Vuc2UKVmVyc2lvbiAyLjAsIEphbnVhcnkgMjAwNApodHRwOi8vd3d3LmFwYWNoZS5vcmcvbGljZW5zZXMvCgpURVJNUyBBTkQgQ09ORElUSU9OUyBGT1IgVVNFLCBSRVBST0RVQ1RJT04sIEFORCBESVNUUklCVVRJT04KCjEuIER
"content" : "RWNsaXBzZSBQdWJsaWMgTGljZW5zZSAtIHYgMi4wClRIRSBBQ0NPTVBBTllJTkcgUFJPR1JBTSBJUyBQUk9WSURFRCBVTkRFUiBUSEUgVEVSTVMgT0YgVEhJUyBFQ0xJUFNFIFBVQkxJQyBMSUNFTlNFICjigJxBR1JFRU1FTlTigJ0pLiBBTlkgVVN
"content" : "QXBhY2hlIExpY2Vuc2UKVmVyc2lvbiAyLjAsIEphbnVhcnkgMjAwNApodHRwOi8vd3d3LmFwYWNoZS5vcmcvbGljZW5zZXMvCgpURVJNUyBBTkQgQ09ORElUSU9OUyBGT1IgVVNFLCBSRVBST0RVQ1RJT04sIEFORCBESVNUUklCVVRJT04KCjEuIER
Gates applied: no_behavioural_pass.
3261a9719523full audit observations/trust-audit/mcp-server/safedep__vet.json · Report an issue / request a re-scanAudit history
Every audit this server has had. A grade with a past is a grade somebody is still checking.
| Date | Source | Verdict | Grade | Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | 3261a9719523 | BLOCK | F | 54 | first audit |
Questions
What is the Vet MCP server?
Protect against malicious open source packages 🤖
Is Vet safe to connect to an agent?
No — not without reading the findings first. The audit graded it F (54/100) and found 5 critical or high issues in the source. Each one is listed on this page with the file and line it is on.
What credentials does Vet need?
No credential environment variables were found in its source, so it appears to need none.
How does Vet run?
It speaks stdio and streamable-http, so it runs as a local process your client starts. It is published on npm as express at 4.18.2.
How current is this page?
The grade is for one exact copy of the source (3261a9719523), read on 2026-09-25. The repository is watched and re-audited when it changes.