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.
github_release: https://github.com/txn2/mcp-datahub, 9 findings
Choose your runtime: the CLI writes the mcpServers config entry for that target.
nerlo install --target claude-code -- mcp-datahub
Install respects the composite badge: Clean proceeds, Caution prompts for confirmation, and Flagged is refused. Write operations require an API token.
9 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.
v2.0.11
33 findings · 10.7s
v0.3.74
5 findings · 4.3s
v0.1.0
0 findings · 5.5s
v0.1.0
0 findings · 5.5s
vv0.3.2
Incomplete run
0 findings · 3.8s
v0.1.0
9 findings · 25.8s
v0.71.0
1 finding · 0.3s
v2.3.8
1 finding · 0.8s
vv1.6.0
Incomplete run
0 findings · 2.0s
v1.4.0
None of the entry points this scanner reads were found in this artifact. What each scanner covers
0 findings · 0.2s
v0.71.0
No container image was published for this artifact. What each scanner covers
0 findings · 0.0s
2 scans on record. Every scan's full results are retained immutably for 24 months.
| Completed | Composite | Change | Scanners | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2026 | Flagged93 | — | agentshield ·n/a: not applicablecisco-skill-scanner: completeagent-audit-kit: completenerlo-behavioral: completenerlo-install-instruction: completecapslock ·!: incompletenerlo-multi-source: completetrivy: completeosv-scanner: completetrivy_image ·n/a: not applicablegovulncheck ·!: incomplete | completed |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Flagged81 | — | agentshield ·n/a: not applicablecisco-skill-scanner: completeagent-audit-kit: completenerlo-behavioral: completenerlo-install-instruction: completenerlo-multi-source: completetrivy: completeosv-scanner: completetrivy_image ·n/a: not applicable | completed |
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 49 findings across every scanner that examined this package.
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.
29 Documentation or example — The match is in documentation or sample code, confirmed by our own check to be outside the installed artifact.
Rules: FILE_MAGIC_MISMATCH, SOCIAL_ENG_VAGUE_DESCRIPTION, MANIFEST_MISSING_LICENSE and 1 more · Files: /repo/docs/llms.txt, /repo/docs/overrides/home.html, /repo/.github/SKILL.md and 11 more · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
5 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-002, AAK-AGENT-004 · Files: CLAUDE.md · 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.
9 nerlo-malware-obfuscated_blob
Files: github_release:mcp-datahub_1.15.1_windows_amd64.zip.sigstore.json, github_release:mcp-datahub_1.15.1_windows_amd64.mcpb.sigstore.json, github_release:mcp-datahub_1.15.1_linux_arm64.tar.gz.sigstore.json and 6 more · reported by nerlo-malware
1 CVE-2026-39824
Files: go.mod · reported by trivy
1 EXCESSIVE_FILE_COUNT
Files: /repo/. · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
1 GO-2026-5024
Files: /repo/go.mod · reported by osv-scanner
1 HIDDEN_DATA_FILE
Files: /repo/.golangci.yml · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
1 MANIFEST_MISSING_LICENSE
Files: /repo/SKILL.md
Obfuscated code and hidden data files detected
The artifact contains multiple instances of obfuscated code, which can hinder security analysis and indicate attempts to conceal functionality. Additionally, hidden data files are present, which could be used to store or retrieve information discreetly. These findings warrant attention due to the potential for concealed or unexpected behavior.
Concern level assessed by the review: Medium. This is the review's scale, not the registry badge.
Reviewed by gemini-2.5-flash. The model sees the findings, not your code, and cannot change a score.
1 SOCIAL_ENG_VAGUE_DESCRIPTION
Files: /repo/SKILL.md · reported by cisco-skill-scanner