npm PACKAGE

@modelcontextprotocol/inspector 2.12.0

Warn

PkgFire would install this release with a warning.·Checked 11 hours ago·Published 21 October 2026

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Why

  • warnSuspicious behaviour

    Detects download-and-execute patterns: fetching a remote file then executing it

  • warnSuspicious behaviour

    Detects LOLBAS usage in install hooks (execution and network tools)

  • warnSuspicious behaviour

    Newly added dependency @modelcontextprotocol/ext-apps@2.0.3 is high risk (risk score 8.8/10). Matched rules: threat-process-download-exec, threat-runtime-obfuscation-base64exec. It was introduced in @modelcontextprotocol/inspector@2.12.0 and was not a dependency of the previous version 1.0.3. Newly added dependency pino@9.14.0 is high risk (risk score 8.2/10). Matched rules: threat-network-exfil-sysinfo, threat-runtime-system-info. It was introduced in @modelcontextprotocol/inspector@2.12.0 and was not a dependency of the previous version 1.0.3. Newly added dependency vite@8.3.5 is suspicious (risk score 5.9/10). Matched rules: threat-filesystem-read, threat-runtime-enumeration, threat-runtime-obfuscation-base64exec, threat-runtime-obfuscation-steganography, threat-runtime-system-info. It was introduced in @modelcontextprotocol/inspector@2.12.0 and was not a dependency of the previous version 1.0.3.

  • warnSuspicious behaviour

    Possible credential in the published package: generic-api-key

  • warnSuspicious behaviour

    1 new behaviour since 2.11.0

Provenance

A registry signature proves the registry served these bytes unaltered. Build provenance proves which workflow built them from which commit; a stolen publishing token can fake the first but not the second.

Signature
Verified against the registry's key
Build provenance
Attested · source commit ↗

What the code does

On its own this is weak signal: plenty of honest libraries read files or talk to the network. What PkgFire watches is a release gaining something the one before it did not.

Code reading

PkgFire's own reading of the files: what the code can do.

  • code-credentialsscripts/install-clients.mjs
  • code-encoded-blobclients/web/dist/assets/index-qtX15-Bz.js
  • code-execclients/mcpdo/build/chunk-LBQDT5VV.js, clients/mcpdo/build/mcp-bin.js, clients/web/build/index.js, scripts/install-clients.mjs
  • code-networkclients/cli/build/index.js, clients/mcpdo/build/chunk-LBQDT5VV.js, clients/mcpdo/build/mcp-bin.js, clients/tui/build/index.js, clients/web/build/index.js
  • install-credentialsscripts/install-clients.mjs
  • install-execscripts/install-clients.mjs

Source patterns

Patterns found in the source, including those malware is known to use.

  • capability-filesystem-delete
  • capability-filesystem-read
  • capability-network-download
  • capability-network-outbound
  • capability-process-hooks
  • capability-process-schedule
  • capability-process-spawn
  • risky_new_dependency
  • threat-process-download-exec
  • threat-process-hooks
  • threat-process-spawn-silent
  • threat-runtime-environment-read

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