The publisher performed an authenticated act of publication — proving control of a namespace in the official MCP registry, or appearing in a first-party catalogue an operator curates. That establishes WHO published it. It is not a security finding, and attested artifacts carry Flagged verdicts too.
147 critical findings reported by cisco-skill-scanner, agent-audit-kit, 67 of them in the installed artifact. The composite score alone does not reflect this — read the per-scanner reports below.
github: https://github.com/tj-smith47/cfgd, 290 findings
Choose your runtime: the CLI writes the mcpServers config entry for that target.
nerlo install --target claude-code -- cfgd
Install respects the composite badge: Clean proceeds, Caution prompts for confirmation, and Flagged is refused. Write operations require an API token.
5 of 11 scanners examined this package. The rest do not apply to it — language, ecosystem and packaging decide which analyzers can say anything, and a scanner that cannot examine an artifact reports nothing rather than passing it.
v1.4.0
1 finding · 0.5s
v2.0.11
97 findings · 23.3s
v0.3.26
166 findings · 17.8s
v0.1.0
0 findings · 52.0s
v0.1.0
26 findings · 52.0s
v0.1.0
This scanner found nothing in this artifact that it assesses. What each scanner covers
0 findings · 25.1s
No report in this scan: capslock, govulncheck, osv-scanner, trivy, trivy_image.
1 scan on record. Every scan's full results are retained immutably for 24 months.
| Completed | Composite | Change | Scanners | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2026 | Scan Halted | — | agentshield: completecisco-skill-scanner: completeagent-audit-kit: completenerlo-behavioral: completenerlo-install-instruction: completenerlo-multi-source ·n/a: not applicable | rejected |
Findings in files this artifact installs stand as reported; a model re-read the rest and said which ones it believes are false positives. This is a second opinion published beside the evidence, not a correction to it: the per-scanner reports above are unchanged, every dismissed finding is still listed there at its original severity, and the score and the Flagged badge are computed from those raw severities alone. Nothing below moved them.
Out of 290 findings across every scanner that examined this package. 79 of 147 findings rated critical by their scanner were among the dismissals.
Not reviewed is not the same as clean. Those 3 findings stand exactly as their scanners reported them, at full severity, as they would have without this review.
Two keys had to turn. The model had to name a reason from a fixed list of six, and a deterministic check of ours — over which files this artifact actually installs — had to independently agree. Anything it could not corroborate is in “not reviewed” above, at full severity.
52 Agent instruction file — The match is in a file that instructs an AI coding agent — a CLAUDE.md or similar. It is documentation of intent, and our own check confirmed it is not part of what gets installed.
Rules: AAK-AGENT-001 · Files: CLAUDE.md · reported by agent-audit-kit
42 Documentation or example — The match is in documentation or sample code, confirmed by our own check to be outside the installed artifact.
Rules: opt.nerlo-rules.nerlo-install-pipe-to-shell, PIPELINE_TAINT_FLOW, opt.nerlo-rules.nerlo-install-run-bundled-artifact and 3 more · Files: /repo/docs/bootstrap.md, /repo/docs/installation.md, /repo/docs/modules.md and 8 more · reported by nerlo-install-instruction, cisco-skill-scanner
41 Test or fixture file — The match is in a test or fixture. Our own check confirmed the file is not part of what gets installed.
Rules: AAK-TAINT-002, AAK-SECRET-004, FILE_MAGIC_MISMATCH · Files: crates/cfgd-core/src/test_helpers.rs, tests/e2e/node/scripts/test-daemon.sh, tests/e2e/node/scripts/test-server.sh and 6 more · reported by agent-audit-kit, cisco-skill-scanner
25 CI or editor configuration — The match is in build, CI or editor configuration, confirmed by our own check to be outside the installed artifact.
Rules: AAK-GHA-IMMUTABLE-001 · Files: .github/workflows/publish-crate.yml, .github/workflows/ci.yml, .github/workflows/nightly.yml and 5 more · reported by agent-audit-kit
These findings are in files this artifact installs and are not placeholder values. No false-positive basis can be corroborated for such a finding, so this review never dismisses one; they were not sent to the model and stand at their scanner's severity.
42 AAK-TAINT-002
Files: crates/cfgd-core/src/util/process.rs, crates/cfgd-core/src/util/git.rs, crates/cfgd-core/src/output/process.rs and 7 more · reported by agent-audit-kit
12 YARA_command_injection_generic
Files: /repo/crates/cfgd-core/src/config/tests.rs, /repo/crates/cfgd-core/src/reconciler/tests.rs, /repo/crates/cfgd/src/packages/scripted/tests.rs and 1 more · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
11 AAK-SECRET-004
Files: policies/kyverno/drift-alert-baseline.yaml, crates/cfgd-core/src/reconciler/tests.rs, crates/cfgd-core/src/daemon/service/windows.rs and 5 more · reported by agent-audit-kit
10 YARA_credential_harvesting_generic
Files: /repo/crates/cfgd/src/cli/init/enroll.rs, /repo/crates/cfgd/src/system/ssh_keys/mod.rs, /repo/crates/cfgd-operator/src/webhook/tests_server.rs and 2 more · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
9 MANIFEST_MISSING_LICENSE
Files: /repo/SKILL.md, /repo/chart/cfgd/SKILL.md, /repo/crates/cfgd-core/SKILL.md and 6 more · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
9 SOCIAL_ENG_VAGUE_DESCRIPTION
Files: /repo/SKILL.md, /repo/chart/cfgd/SKILL.md, /repo/crates/cfgd-core/SKILL.md and 6 more · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
8 opt.nerlo-rules.nerlo-install-pipe-to-shell
Files: /repo/README.md, /repo/ecosystem/github-actions/setup/action.yml, /repo/scripts/install.sh.tpl · reported by nerlo-install-instruction
6 PIPELINE_TAINT_FLOW
Files: /repo/crates/cfgd/src/packages/shared/mod.rs, /repo/scripts/install.sh.tpl, /repo/SKILL.md and 1 more · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
5 HIDDEN_DATA_FILE
Files: /repo/chart/cfgd/.helmignore, /repo/ecosystem/gitlab/.cfgd-ci.yml, /repo/.anodizer/announce.yaml and 1 more · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
3 EXCESSIVE_FILE_COUNT
Files: /repo/., /repo/crates/cfgd/., /repo/crates/cfgd-core/. · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
3 opt.nerlo-rules.nerlo-install-fetch-raw-then-run
Files: /repo/ecosystem/github-actions/setup/action.yml, /repo/scripts/install.sh.tpl · reported by nerlo-install-instruction
2 AAK-TAINT-001
Files: crates/cfgd-core/src/output/process.rs · reported by agent-audit-kit
2 COMPOUND_FETCH_EXECUTE
Files: /repo/SKILL.md, /repo/README.md · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
1 AAK-SSRF-001
Files: crates/cfgd/src/cli/mod.rs · reported by agent-audit-kit
1 AAK-SSRF-005
Files: crates/cfgd/src/cli/mod.rs · reported by agent-audit-kit
1 AAK-SUPPLY-005
Files: Cargo.lock · reported by agent-audit-kit
1 FILE_MAGIC_MISMATCH
Files: /repo/.claude/scripts/audit-tests/bad_direct_console.txt · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
1 hooks-logging-disabled-7021
Files: hooks/post-edit-rs.sh · reported by agentshield
3 The model did not answer for these findings.
Rules: PIPELINE_TAINT_FLOW · Files: /repo/docs/modules.md, /repo/docs/spec/module.md · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
Critical risks from shell execution and credential access
The artifact contains critical findings related to shell execution and command injection, particularly in `crates/cfgd-core/src/output/process.rs` and `crates/cfgd-core/src/util/process.rs`. It also exhibits critical credential harvesting capabilities and potential server-side request forgery in `crates/cfgd/src/cli/mod.rs`. High severity findings indicate potential for network egress and further shell execution via installation instructions.
Concern level assessed by the review: Critical. This is the review's scale, not the registry badge.
Showing 25 of 99; the rest are in the per-scanner reports above.
Reviewed by gemini-2.5-flash. The model sees the findings, not your code, and cannot change a score.