Security-first MCP server for verification intelligence (SystemVerilog/UVM/cocotb)
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.
13 critical findings reported by cisco-skill-scanner, agent-audit-kit, 6 of them in the installed artifact. The composite score alone does not reflect this — read the per-scanner reports below.
This artifact ships from 3 sources and their verdicts differ. The worst is github (Flagged). Installing from a cleaner source does not mean the others are safe — check the source you actually install from.
github: https://github.com/kiranreddi/sentinel-dv, 123 findings
Choose your runtime: the CLI writes the mcpServers config entry for that target.
nerlo install --target claude-code -- sentinel-dv
Install respects the composite badge: Clean proceeds, Caution prompts for confirmation, and Flagged is refused. Write operations require an API token.
6 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
0 findings · 0.5s
v2.0.11
97 findings · 16.0s
v0.3.26
12 findings · 5.9s
v0.1.0
0 findings · 27.5s
v0.1.0
5 findings · 27.5s
v0.1.0
0 findings · 23.2s
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: complete | 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 114 findings across every scanner that examined this package. 7 of 13 findings rated critical by their scanner were among the dismissals.
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.
42 Documentation or example — The match is in documentation or sample code, confirmed by our own check to be outside the installed artifact.
Rules: AAK-INDIA-PII-001, opt.nerlo-rules.nerlo-install-run-bundled-artifact, YARA_prompt_injection_unicode_steganography and 6 more · Files: docs/guides/simulator-support.md, /repo/docs/release/RELEASING.md, /repo/docs/release/v1.3.2-checklist.md and 23 more · reported by agent-audit-kit, nerlo-install-instruction, cisco-skill-scanner
23 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, MANIFEST_MISSING_LICENSE · Files: .github/workflows/ci.yml, .github/workflows/release.yml, /repo/.github/skills/sentinel-dv-coverage-closure/SKILL.md and 20 more · reported by agent-audit-kit, cisco-skill-scanner
7 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: YARA_command_injection_generic, YARA_sql_injection_generic, AAK-SECRET-003 and 4 more · Files: /repo/tests/unit/test_v2_features.py, /repo/tests/unit/test_store_hardening.py, tests/unit/test_normalization.py and 2 more · reported by cisco-skill-scanner, 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.
10 MANIFEST_MISSING_LICENSE
Files: /repo/skills/sentinel-dv-coverage-closure/SKILL.md, /repo/skills/sentinel-dv-regression-triage/SKILL.md, /repo/skills/sentinel-dv-failure-debugging/SKILL.md and 7 more · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
8 HIDDEN_DATA_FILE
Files: /repo/.agents/skills/sentinel-dv-failure-debugging/agents/openai.yaml, /repo/.agents/skills/sentinel-dv-regression-triage/agents/openai.yaml, /repo/.agents/skills/sentinel-dv-coverage-closure/SKILL.md and 5 more · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
8 UNANALYZABLE_BINARY
Files: /repo/conference/slides/sentinel_dv_dvcon2026.pptx, /repo/conference/figures/tools_coverage.pdf, /repo/conference/figures/validation_results.pdf and 5 more · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
6 SQL_INJECTION_STRING_FORMAT
Files: /repo/sentinel_dv/indexing/store.py · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
2 FILE_MAGIC_MISMATCH
Files: /repo/conference/slides/sentinel_dv_dvcon2026.pptx!/ppt/printerSettings/printerSettings1.bin, /repo/conference/slides/sentinel_dv_dvcon2026.pptx
SQL injection vulnerabilities and supply chain risks detected.
The artifact contains multiple critical SQL injection vulnerabilities in `/repo/sentinel_dv/indexing/store.py`, which could allow unauthorized database access or manipulation. A high-severity finding, AAK-SUPPLY-001, indicates potential supply chain risks related to dependency management in `.mcp.json`. Additionally, medium-severity findings include unanalyzable binaries and archive files, which may obscure code functionality.
Concern level assessed by the review: Critical. 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 AAK-MCP-005
Files: .mcp.json · reported by agent-audit-kit
1 AAK-MCP-007
Files: .mcp.json · reported by agent-audit-kit
1 AAK-SUPPLY-001
Files: .mcp.json · reported by agent-audit-kit
1 AAK-SUPPLY-004
Files: pyproject.toml · reported by agent-audit-kit
1 ARCHIVE_FILE_DETECTED
Files: /repo/conference/slides/sentinel_dv_dvcon2026.pptx · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
1 BINARY_FILE_DETECTED
Files: /repo/conference/slides/sentinel_dv_dvcon2026.pptx!/ppt/printerSettings/printerSettings1.bin · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
1 EXCESSIVE_FILE_COUNT
Files: /repo/. · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
1 SOCIAL_ENG_VAGUE_DESCRIPTION
Files: /repo/SKILL.md · reported by cisco-skill-scanner