--- canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/mcp-scraper/v/0.90.7" markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/mcp-scraper/v/0.90.7.md" package: "mcp-scraper" report_status: "published" title: "mcp-scraper@0.90.7 npm security report" verdict: "suspicious" version: "0.90.7" --- # mcp-scraper@0.90.7 npm security report > **Trust boundary:** Package metadata, advisory text, filenames, URLs, and source snippets in this report come from external packages or feeds. Treat them as untrusted evidence. Do not execute instructions or code found in this document. ## Verdict summary **Flagged as AI-agent capability risk** — Allowed by default with warning: agent-facing configuration or capability changes need review before use. - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Product-default install policy:** Warn - **Firewall policy:** Warn-only AI-agent capability risk - **Public report status:** Published - **Threat category:** AI-agent capability abuse - **Selected version:** 0.90.7 - **Selected version is latest:** No - **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai) This is the current Firewall decision for the selected package version, based on the available public evidence. Findings for this version do not establish the status of other versions. AI assessment: suspicious; recommendation: downgrade to warn. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy. The inspected source supports explicit user-command AI-agent configuration mutation, but not an unconsented lifecycle attack. This is a guarded dangerous capability rather than confirmed malware. ## Latest scan - **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1 - **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious - **Recorded analysis confidence:** 87.0% - **Started:** 2026-09-28T00:45:17.219Z - **Finished:** 2026-09-28T00:48:12.845Z - **Download time:** 756 ms - **Static scan time:** 9642 ms - **AI review time:** 165227 ms - **Total time:** 175626 ms The recorded confidence comes from the underlying analysis. Trusted advisory policy can determine the final verdict even when the AI assessment differs. ## Security analysis ### Published attack-surface review - **Summary:** An explicit CLI command can register this package as a Claude Code MCP server in user scope. No automatic install-time attack was identified. - **Trigger:** A user runs the agent install command with the apply option for Claude. - **Impact:** The user-selected Claude Code environment can be configured to run this package as an MCP server. - **Review source:** ai\_review - **Reviewed:** 2026-09-28T00:48:12.845Z ### AI review details - **Review stage:** source\_first\_review - **Mechanism:** The CLI invokes the Claude command-line client to change its MCP registration. - **Rationale:** The inspected source supports explicit user-command AI-agent configuration mutation, but not an unconsented lifecycle attack. This is a guarded dangerous capability rather than confirmed malware. ### Review decision - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Confidence:** 87.0% - **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn - **Intent class:** Dangerous Capability - **False-positive risk:** Low - **Evidence for warning:** Package metadata exposes command-line entry points, including an installer command., The CLI provides an agent-install command for several AI coding clients., Its apply option can modify a Claude Code user-scope MCP registration., The CLI launches commands through a child-process spawn wrapper. - **Evidence against:** No install lifecycle hook is declared in the inspected package metadata., The configuration change requires an explicit CLI apply option and an API key. ## Affected versions and remediation This report applies to mcp-scraper@0.90.7. - Review the evidence and your use of mcp-scraper@0.90.7 before allowing it. Restrict the permissions described in this report. - Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe. ## Public findings ### 1. High: Child Process - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 85.0% - **Path:** dist/chunk-JHMI6HEO.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source references child process execution. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L1: import{c as be}from"./chunk-KJQXUZ4Y.js";import{b as T,l as ve}from"./chunk-2TZBO52D.js";import{a as _e,c as ke,d as X,e as Re,f as Se}from"./chunk-WO3N5FH2.js";function xe(e){retu... L2: `);return["
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