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.
5 critical findings reported by cisco-skill-scanner, 4 of them in the installed artifact. The composite score alone does not reflect this — read the per-scanner reports below.
github: https://github.com/idle-sync/whatsapp-connect-mcp, 48 findings
Choose your runtime: the CLI writes the mcpServers config entry for that target.
nerlo install --target claude-code -- whatsapp-connect-mcp
Install respects the composite badge: Clean proceeds, Caution prompts for confirmation, and Flagged is refused. Write operations require an API token.
8 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
17 findings · 11.2s
v0.3.74
2 findings · 2.8s
v0.1.0
0 findings · 7.1s
v0.1.0
11 findings · 7.1s
vv0.3.2
Incomplete run
0 findings · 5.0s
v0.71.0
1 finding · 0.4s
v2.3.8
11 findings · 1.0s
vv1.6.0
Incomplete run
0 findings · 3.7s
v1.4.0
None of the entry points this scanner reads were found in this artifact. What each scanner covers
0 findings · 0.2s
v0.1.0
This scanner found nothing in this artifact that it assesses. What each scanner covers
0 findings · 9.9s
v0.71.0
No container image was published for this artifact. What each scanner covers
0 findings · 0.0s
1 scan on record. Every scan's full results are retained immutably for 24 months.
| Completed | Composite | Change | Scanners | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2026 | Flagged74 | — | agentshield ·n/a: not applicablecisco-skill-scanner: completeagent-audit-kit: completenerlo-behavioral: completenerlo-install-instruction: completecapslock ·!: incompletenerlo-multi-source ·n/a: not applicabletrivy: completeosv-scanner: completetrivy_image ·n/a: not applicablegovulncheck ·!: incomplete | 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 42 findings across every scanner that examined this package. 1 of 5 findings rated critical by their scanner was 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.
2 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/ci.yml, .github/workflows/release.yml · reported by agent-audit-kit
1 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_credential_harvesting_generic · Files: /repo/internal/gate/gate_test.go · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
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.
6 opt.nerlo-rules.nerlo-install-fetch-raw-then-run
Files: /repo/README.md, /repo/scripts/install.ps1, /repo/scripts/install.sh · reported by nerlo-install-instruction
4 COMMAND_INJECTION_JS_CHILD_PROCESS
Files: /repo/packaging/npm/install.js · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
4 opt.nerlo-rules.nerlo-install-pipe-to-shell
Files: /repo/CHANGELOG.md, /repo/README.md, /repo/scripts/install.sh · reported by nerlo-install-instruction
4 PIPELINE_TAINT_FLOW
Files: /repo/CHANGELOG.md, /repo/SKILL.md, /repo/README.md · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
2 DATA_EXFIL_JS_NETWORK
Files: /repo/packaging/npm/install.js · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
2 GO-2026-5932
Critical command injection and shell execution risks identified.
The artifact contains critical command injection vulnerabilities in JavaScript child process execution within `/repo/packaging/npm/install.js`. It also includes high-severity findings related to fetching and executing raw content from external sources, and piping content directly to a shell, as seen in various `README.md`, `CHANGELOG.md`, and installation scripts. These capabilities present a significant risk for arbitrary code execution and system compromise.
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.
Files: go.mod, /repo/go.mod · reported by trivy, osv-scanner
2 MANIFEST_MISSING_LICENSE
Files: /repo/SKILL.md, /repo/packaging/npm/SKILL.md · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
2 SOCIAL_ENG_VAGUE_DESCRIPTION
Files: /repo/SKILL.md, /repo/packaging/npm/SKILL.md · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
1 GO-2026-4970
Files: /repo/go.mod · reported by osv-scanner
1 GO-2026-5026
Files: /repo/go.mod · reported by osv-scanner
1 GO-2026-5856
Files: /repo/go.mod · reported by osv-scanner
1 GO-2026-5942
Files: /repo/go.mod · reported by osv-scanner
1 GO-2026-5972
Files: /repo/go.mod · reported by osv-scanner
1 GO-2026-6088
Files: /repo/go.mod · reported by osv-scanner
1 GO-2026-6089
Files: /repo/go.mod · reported by osv-scanner
1 GO-2026-6090
Files: /repo/go.mod · reported by osv-scanner
1 GO-2026-6091
Files: /repo/go.mod · reported by osv-scanner
1 GO-2026-6218
Files: /repo/go.mod · reported by osv-scanner
1 HIDDEN_DATA_FILE
Files: /repo/.golangci.yml · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
1 LOW_ANALYZABILITY
Files: /repo/packaging/npm · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
1 opt.nerlo-rules.nerlo-install-run-bundled-artifact
Files: /repo/scripts/install.sh · reported by nerlo-install-instruction