grep-mcp
Fail
Audited by Snyk on Aug 14, 2026
Risk Level: HIGH
Full Analysis
HIGH W007: Insecure credential handling detected in skill instructions.
- Insecure credential handling detected (high risk: 1.00). The skill explicitly instructs the agent to ask the user to paste a long-lived "parcha-xxx" API key and to insert that key verbatim into .mcp.json and into curl/Authorization headers, which requires the LLM to handle and output secret values directly.
MEDIUM W011: Third-party content exposure detected (indirect prompt injection risk).
- Third-party content exposure detected (medium risk: 0.30). Grep MCP tools ingest user-provided
research_create.questionviaPOST /api/v2/research(and then return results viaresearch_get/file read), so outsider-authored free text can be submitted into the workflow through the model’s tool calls without pre-selecting a specific trusted item.
MEDIUM W012: Unverifiable external dependency detected (runtime URL that controls agent).
- Potentially malicious external URL detected (high risk: 0.90). The skill configures and calls the Grep MCP endpoint (e.g., https://api.grep.ai/api/v2/mcp) at runtime (via .mcp.json and a curl verification) which exposes tools the model can invoke to execute remote actions.
Issues (3)
W007
HIGHInsecure credential handling detected in skill instructions.
W011
MEDIUMThird-party content exposure detected (indirect prompt injection risk).
W012
MEDIUMUnverifiable external dependency detected (runtime URL that controls agent).
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