cisco-ai-defense / mcp-scanner
Scan MCP servers for potential threats & security findings.
Why this job: name: mcp; says: mcp servers; topics: mcp
What it does
- Multiple Modes. Run scanner as a stand-alone CLI tool or REST API server
- Multi-Engine Security Analysis. Use all three scanning engines together or independently based on your needs.
- Vulnerable Packages Scanning. Scan Python dependencies for known vulnerabilities (CVE/PYSEC/GHSA) using pip-audit integration.
- Readiness Scanning. Zero-dependency static analysis for production readiness issues (timeouts, retries, error handling).
- Comprehensive Scanning. Scan MCP tools, prompts, resources, and server instructions for security findings
Get started
uv tool install --python 3.13 cisco-ai-mcp-scannerYou need: Python 3.11+; uv (Python package manager); MCP Python SDK (mcp>=2.0.0, bundled with this package). Live scans negotiate 2026-07-28 when the server supports it and fall back to legacy handshake versions automatically.
- Maintenance
- Active
- Last commit 3 days ago
- Stars
- 1,113
- +9 this week
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Allows business use
- Downloads for
- None listed
- No release files
- Latest version
- 4.8.7
- Released 20 days ago
- Built with
- Python
- 99% of the code
Is it looked after?
- Contributors
- 11
- Last 90 days
- Issues
- 51% closed
- 26 still open
- Pull requests
- 155 merged
- 49 waiting
- Releases
- 51
- 30+ in the last year
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More: languages, topics and project record
Languages
- Python 99%
- YARA 1%
- Open Policy Agent <1%
- JavaScript <1%
Topics
- agents
- ai
- mcp
- security
Project record
- JobMCP servers
- StatusListed
- Commits157
- Forks159
- Watching11
- Stars in 28 days+26
- CreatedSep 24, 2025
- First seen by usNov 7, 2026
- CheckedNov 9, 2026