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Use before adding a new MCP server to an agent stack, when reviewing an internal MCP server, detecting rug pulls, or investigating an agent's unexpected tool-driven behavior.\ndomain: cybersecurity\nsubdomain: ai-security\ntags:\n- ai-security\n- mcp\n- tool-poisoning\n- agent-security\n- mcp-scan\n- ssrf\n- supply-chain\n- rug-pull\nversion: '1.0'\nauthor: mahipal\nlicense: Apache-2.0\nnist_ai_rmf:\n- MANAGE-2.2\natlas_techniques:\n- AML.T0010\n---\n# Auditing MCP Servers for Tool Poisoning\n\n> **Authorized-use-only notice:** Auditing MCP servers can connect to and probe live tool endpoints. Only scan servers you own or are authorized to assess. Treat scanned tool descriptions as untrusted input — do not load an unaudited MCP server into a privileged agent. Probing third-party MCP endpoints for SSRF or auth weaknesses without permission may be illegal.\n\n## Overview\n\nThe Model Context Protocol (MCP) lets AI agents discover and call external tools advertised by MCP servers. Each tool exposes a name and a natural-language **description** that the agent's LLM reads *before* deciding to call it. In early 2025, Invariant Labs disclosed that this description field is an attack surface: a malicious server can embed hidden instructions in a tool's description (a **tool poisoning attack**, OWASP **MCP03:2025**), and a capable model will silently follow them — exfiltrating files, leaking secrets, or redirecting tool calls — while returning a normal-looking response to the user. Because tool descriptions are loaded into the agent's context, tool poisoning is effectively indirect prompt injection delivered through the supply chain (MITRE ATLAS **AML.T0010 ML Supply Chain Compromise**).\n\nBeyond poisoning, MCP servers introduce classic infrastructure risks: **tool shadowing** (a malicious server overrides a trusted tool's behavior), **rug pulls** (a tool's description changes after the user approved it), **toxic flows** (a combination of tools that enables data exfiltration), **SSRF** in tools that fetch URLs server-side, and **unauthenticated exposure** of MCP servers bound to network interfaces. This skill audits MCP servers end-to-end using Invariant Labs' **mcp-scan** for static and runtime analysis, plus manual checks for SSRF and authentication, and tool pinning to catch rug pulls.\n\n## When to Use\n\n- Before adding a new MCP server to an agent stack (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, custom agents).\n- During a security review of an internally developed MCP server.\n- When validating that approved tools have not silently changed (rug-pull detection).\n- As a CI\u002FCD gate that scans MCP configs and SKILL\u002Ftool definitions on every change.\n- During incident response when an agent took unexpected actions consistent with a poisoned tool.\n\n## Prerequisites\n\n- Python 3.10+ and `uv` (for `uvx`), or pip.\n- The MCP config file(s) you want to scan (e.g. `~\u002F.cursor\u002Fmcp.json`, `~\u002F.vscode\u002Fmcp.json`, Claude Desktop config).\n- Install the tooling:\n\n```bash\n# uv provides uvx (recommended runner for mcp-scan)\ncurl -LsSf https:\u002F\u002Fastral.sh\u002Fuv\u002Finstall.sh | sh    # or: pipx install uv\n\n# mcp-scan (Invariant Labs) — no global install needed with uvx\nuvx mcp-scan@latest --help\n\n# For the runtime proxy mode (separate extra)\nuvx --with \"mcp-scan[proxy]\" mcp-scan@latest proxy --help\n\n# Manual probing helpers\npip install requests mcp\n```\n\n## Objectives\n\n- Statically scan all installed MCP servers for tool poisoning, shadowing, rug pulls, and toxic flows.\n- Inspect raw tool\u002Fprompt\u002Fresource descriptions for hidden or obfuscated instructions.\n- Pin tool hashes to detect post-approval description changes (rug-pull defense).\n- Test URL-fetching tools for server-side request forgery (SSRF).\n- Verify MCP servers are authenticated and not exposed on untrusted interfaces.\n- Optionally enforce runtime guardrails with the mcp-scan proxy.\n\n## MITRE ATT&CK Mapping\n\n| ID | Official Name | Relevance |\n|----|---------------|-----------|\n| AML.T0010 | ML Supply Chain Compromise | A poisoned third-party MCP server is a supply-chain compromise of the agent |\n| AML.T0051.001 | LLM Prompt Injection: Indirect | Poisoned tool descriptions are indirect injection into the agent context |\n| AML.T0053 | LLM Plugin Compromise | MCP tools are the agent's plugins; poisoning compromises them |\n| AML.T0057 | LLM Data Leakage | Common payload of a poisoned tool: exfiltrate files\u002Fsecrets |\n\n## Workflow\n\n### 1. Static scan of installed MCP configs\nmcp-scan auto-discovers known config locations; you can also pass a path explicitly.\n\n```bash\n# Scan all auto-discovered MCP configs\nuvx mcp-scan@latest\n\n# Scan a specific config file\nuvx mcp-scan@latest ~\u002F.vscode\u002Fmcp.json\n\n# Emit machine-readable JSON for CI\nuvx mcp-scan@latest --json ~\u002F.cursor\u002Fmcp.json > mcp_scan_report.json\n```\n\nmcp-scan flags tool poisoning, tool shadowing, cross-origin escalation, rug pulls, and toxic flows.\n\n### 2. Inspect raw tool descriptions\nPrint every tool\u002Fprompt\u002Fresource description without verification, then read them for hidden instructions, `\u003Cimportant>`-style blocks, or imperative text aimed at the model.\n\n```bash\nuvx mcp-scan@latest inspect ~\u002F.cursor\u002Fmcp.json\n```\n\nLook for red flags: instructions to the assistant (\"do not tell the user\", \"read ~\u002F.ssh\u002Fid_rsa\"), nested fake documentation, zero-width\u002FUnicode-smuggled text, or directives to call other tools.\n\n### 3. Pin tool hashes to detect rug pulls\nmcp-scan tracks tool description hashes so a later silent change is flagged. Run scans on a schedule; a hash mismatch on a previously approved tool indicates a rug pull.\n\n```bash\n# Re-run regularly; mcp-scan reports changed tool hashes since last approval\nuvx mcp-scan@latest ~\u002F.cursor\u002Fmcp.json\n```\n\n### 4. Enumerate tools programmatically and audit metadata\nConnect to the server with the official MCP SDK and inspect the advertised schema directly.\n\n```python\n# enumerate_tools.py (stdio MCP server example)\nimport asyncio\nfrom mcp import ClientSession, StdioServerParameters\nfrom mcp.client.stdio import stdio_client\n\nasync def main():\n    params = StdioServerParameters(command=\"node\", args=[\".\u002Fsuspect-mcp-server.js\"])\n    async with stdio_client(params) as (read, write):\n        async with ClientSession(read, write) as session:\n            await session.initialize()\n            tools = await session.list_tools()\n            for t in tools.tools:\n                print(f\"{t.name}: {len(t.description or '')} chars\")\n                print((t.description or \"\")[:400])\n\nasyncio.run(main())\n```\n\n### 5. Test URL-fetching tools for SSRF\nIf a tool accepts a URL and fetches it server-side, attempt to reach internal metadata\u002Floopback targets (only on systems you own).\n\n```python\n# ssrf_probe.py\nimport asyncio\nfrom mcp import ClientSession, StdioServerParameters\nfrom mcp.client.stdio import stdio_client\n\nSSRF_TARGETS = [\n    \"http:\u002F\u002F169.254.169.254\u002Flatest\u002Fmeta-data\u002F\",   # AWS IMDS\n    \"http:\u002F\u002F127.0.0.1:22\u002F\", \"http:\u002F\u002Flocalhost:6379\u002F\", \"file:\u002F\u002F\u002Fetc\u002Fpasswd\",\n]\n\nasync def main():\n    params = StdioServerParameters(command=\"node\", args=[\".\u002Fsuspect-mcp-server.js\"])\n    async with stdio_client(params) as (r, w):\n        async with ClientSession(r, w) as s:\n            await s.initialize()\n            for url in SSRF_TARGETS:\n                res = await s.call_tool(\"fetch_url\", {\"url\": url})\n                body = str(res.content)[:200]\n                print(f\"[SSRF?] {url} -> {body}\")\n\nasyncio.run(main())\n```\n\n### 6. Verify authentication and network exposure\nCheck that remote MCP servers (HTTP\u002FSSE transport) require authentication and are not bound to `0.0.0.0` on untrusted networks.\n\n```bash\n# Confirm whether an SSE\u002FHTTP MCP endpoint responds without credentials\ncurl -s -i http:\u002F\u002Fmcp-host:8000\u002Fsse | head -n 20\n\n# Check listening interfaces of a locally running MCP server\nss -tlnp | grep -E ':(8000|3000|6277)'\n```\n\nAn MCP endpoint that returns tool listings or accepts `tools\u002Fcall` without auth is unauthenticated exposure — remediate with a token\u002FOAuth and bind to localhost or an authenticated gateway.\n\n### 7. Enforce runtime guardrails (optional)\nFor continuous protection, route agent MCP traffic through the mcp-scan proxy, which checks tool calls, data-flow constraints, PII, and indirect injection in real time.\n\n```bash\nuvx --with \"mcp-scan[proxy]\" mcp-scan@latest proxy\n```\n\n### 8. Report findings\nDocument each finding with server, tool, evidence (the poisoned description \u002F SSRF response \u002F unauth listing), severity, and ATLAS mapping. Recommend removing or sandboxing poisoned servers, adding auth, pinning approved tools, and enabling the proxy.\n\n## Tools and Resources\n\n| Tool | Purpose | Source |\n|------|---------|--------|\n| mcp-scan | Static + runtime MCP security scanner | https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Finvariantlabs-ai\u002Fmcp-scan |\n| MCP Python SDK | Programmatic tool enumeration \u002F calls | https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fmodelcontextprotocol\u002Fpython-sdk |\n| OWASP MCP Top 10 | MCP risk reference (MCP03 Tool Poisoning) | https:\u002F\u002Fowasp.org\u002Fwww-project-mcp-top-10\u002F |\n| Invariant Labs blog | Tool poisoning disclosure | https:\u002F\u002Finvariantlabs.ai\u002Fblog\u002Fintroducing-mcp-scan |\n| MITRE ATLAS | AI threat technique taxonomy | https:\u002F\u002Fatlas.mitre.org\u002F |\n\n## MCP Threat Reference\n\n| Threat | Description | Detection |\n|--------|-------------|-----------|\n| Tool poisoning | Hidden instructions in tool description | mcp-scan scan \u002F inspect |\n| Tool shadowing | Malicious server overrides trusted tool | mcp-scan cross-origin checks |\n| Rug pull | Description changes after approval | mcp-scan tool pinning (hash) |\n| Toxic flow | Tool combo enabling exfiltration | mcp-scan toxic-flow analysis |\n| SSRF | URL-fetch tool reaches internal targets | ssrf_probe against owned server |\n| Unauth exposure | MCP endpoint with no auth | curl\u002Fss interface and auth check |\n\n## Validation Criteria\n\n- [ ] All installed MCP configs statically scanned with mcp-scan\n- [ ] Raw tool\u002Fprompt\u002Fresource descriptions inspected for hidden instructions\n- [ ] Tool hashes pinned and rug-pull detection enabled\n- [ ] Tools enumerated programmatically via the MCP SDK\n- [ ] URL-fetching tools tested for SSRF against owned targets\n- [ ] Authentication and network exposure of remote servers verified\n- [ ] Runtime proxy guardrails evaluated or deployed where appropriate\n- [ ] Findings mapped to MITRE ATLAS AML.T0010 and OWASP MCP03:2025\n- [ ] Severity assigned and remediation documented for each finding\n- [ ] Re-scan scheduled to catch future rug pulls\n","# Auditing MCP Servers for Tool Poisoning\n\n> **Authorized-use-only notice:** Auditing MCP servers can connect to and probe live tool endpoints. Only scan servers you own or are authorized to assess. Treat scanned tool descriptions as untrusted input — do not load an unaudited MCP server into a privileged agent. Probing third-party MCP endpoints for SSRF or auth weaknesses without permission may be illegal.\n\n## Overview\n\nThe Model Context Protocol (MCP) lets AI agents discover and call external tools advertised by MCP servers. Each tool exposes a name and a natural-language **description** that the agent's LLM reads *before* deciding to call it. In early 2025, Invariant Labs disclosed that this description field is an attack surface: a malicious server can embed hidden instructions in a tool's description (a **tool poisoning attack**, OWASP **MCP03:2025**), and a capable model will silently follow them — exfiltrating files, leaking secrets, or redirecting tool calls — while returning a normal-looking response to the user. Because tool descriptions are loaded into the agent's context, tool poisoning is effectively indirect prompt injection delivered through the supply chain (MITRE ATLAS **AML.T0010 ML Supply Chain Compromise**).\n\nBeyond poisoning, MCP servers introduce classic infrastructure risks: **tool shadowing** (a malicious server overrides a trusted tool's behavior), **rug pulls** (a tool's description changes after the user approved it), **toxic flows** (a combination of tools that enables data exfiltration), **SSRF** in tools that fetch URLs server-side, and **unauthenticated exposure** of MCP servers bound to network interfaces. This skill audits MCP servers end-to-end using Invariant Labs' **mcp-scan** for static and runtime analysis, plus manual checks for SSRF and authentication, and tool pinning to catch rug pulls.\n\n## When to Use\n\n- Before adding a new MCP server to an agent stack (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, custom agents).\n- During a security review of an internally developed MCP server.\n- When validating that approved tools have not silently changed (rug-pull detection).\n- As a CI\u002FCD gate that scans MCP configs and SKILL\u002Ftool definitions on every change.\n- During incident response when an agent took unexpected actions consistent with a poisoned tool.\n\n## Prerequisites\n\n- Python 3.10+ and `uv` (for `uvx`), or pip.\n- The MCP config file(s) you want to scan (e.g. `~\u002F.cursor\u002Fmcp.json`, `~\u002F.vscode\u002Fmcp.json`, Claude Desktop config).\n- Install the tooling:\n\n```bash\n# uv provides uvx (recommended runner for mcp-scan)\ncurl -LsSf https:\u002F\u002Fastral.sh\u002Fuv\u002Finstall.sh | sh    # or: pipx install uv\n\n# mcp-scan (Invariant Labs) — no global install needed with uvx\nuvx mcp-scan@latest --help\n\n# For the runtime proxy mode (separate extra)\nuvx --with \"mcp-scan[proxy]\" mcp-scan@latest proxy --help\n\n# Manual probing helpers\npip install requests mcp\n```\n\n## Objectives\n\n- Statically scan all installed MCP servers for tool poisoning, shadowing, rug pulls, and toxic flows.\n- Inspect raw tool\u002Fprompt\u002Fresource descriptions for hidden or obfuscated instructions.\n- Pin tool hashes to detect post-approval description changes (rug-pull defense).\n- Test URL-fetching tools for server-side request forgery (SSRF).\n- Verify MCP servers are authenticated and not exposed on untrusted interfaces.\n- Optionally enforce runtime guardrails with the mcp-scan proxy.\n\n## MITRE ATT&CK Mapping\n\n| ID | Official Name | Relevance |\n|----|---------------|-----------|\n| AML.T0010 | ML Supply Chain Compromise | A poisoned third-party MCP server is a supply-chain compromise of the agent |\n| AML.T0051.001 | LLM Prompt Injection: Indirect | Poisoned tool descriptions are indirect injection into the agent context |\n| AML.T0053 | LLM Plugin Compromise | MCP tools are the agent's plugins; poisoning compromises them |\n| AML.T0057 | LLM Data Leakage | Common payload of a poisoned tool: exfiltrate files\u002Fsecrets |\n\n## Workflow\n\n### 1. Static scan of installed MCP configs\nmcp-scan auto-discovers known config locations; you can also pass a path explicitly.\n\n```bash\n# Scan all auto-discovered MCP configs\nuvx mcp-scan@latest\n\n# Scan a specific config file\nuvx mcp-scan@latest ~\u002F.vscode\u002Fmcp.json\n\n# Emit machine-readable JSON for CI\nuvx mcp-scan@latest --json ~\u002F.cursor\u002Fmcp.json > mcp_scan_report.json\n```\n\nmcp-scan flags tool poisoning, tool shadowing, cross-origin escalation, rug pulls, and toxic flows.\n\n### 2. Inspect raw tool descriptions\nPrint every tool\u002Fprompt\u002Fresource description without verification, then read them for hidden instructions, `\u003Cimportant>`-style blocks, or imperative text aimed at the model.\n\n```bash\nuvx mcp-scan@latest inspect ~\u002F.cursor\u002Fmcp.json\n```\n\nLook for red flags: instructions to the assistant (\"do not tell the user\", \"read ~\u002F.ssh\u002Fid_rsa\"), nested fake documentation, zero-width\u002FUnicode-smuggled text, or directives to call other tools.\n\n### 3. Pin tool hashes to detect rug pulls\nmcp-scan tracks tool description hashes so a later silent change is flagged. Run scans on a schedule; a hash mismatch on a previously approved tool indicates a rug pull.\n\n```bash\n# Re-run regularly; mcp-scan reports changed tool hashes since last approval\nuvx mcp-scan@latest ~\u002F.cursor\u002Fmcp.json\n```\n\n### 4. Enumerate tools programmatically and audit metadata\nConnect to the server with the official MCP SDK and inspect the advertised schema directly.\n\n```python\n# enumerate_tools.py (stdio MCP server example)\nimport asyncio\nfrom mcp import ClientSession, StdioServerParameters\nfrom mcp.client.stdio import stdio_client\n\nasync def main():\n    params = StdioServerParameters(command=\"node\", args=[\".\u002Fsuspect-mcp-server.js\"])\n    async with stdio_client(params) as (read, write):\n        async with ClientSession(read, write) as session:\n            await session.initialize()\n            tools = await session.list_tools()\n            for t in tools.tools:\n                print(f\"{t.name}: {len(t.description or '')} chars\")\n                print((t.description or \"\")[:400])\n\nasyncio.run(main())\n```\n\n### 5. Test URL-fetching tools for SSRF\nIf a tool accepts a URL and fetches it server-side, attempt to reach internal metadata\u002Floopback targets (only on systems you own).\n\n```python\n# ssrf_probe.py\nimport asyncio\nfrom mcp import ClientSession, StdioServerParameters\nfrom mcp.client.stdio import stdio_client\n\nSSRF_TARGETS = [\n    \"http:\u002F\u002F169.254.169.254\u002Flatest\u002Fmeta-data\u002F\",   # AWS IMDS\n    \"http:\u002F\u002F127.0.0.1:22\u002F\", \"http:\u002F\u002Flocalhost:6379\u002F\", \"file:\u002F\u002F\u002Fetc\u002Fpasswd\",\n]\n\nasync def main():\n    params = StdioServerParameters(command=\"node\", args=[\".\u002Fsuspect-mcp-server.js\"])\n    async with stdio_client(params) as (r, w):\n        async with ClientSession(r, w) as s:\n            await s.initialize()\n            for url in SSRF_TARGETS:\n                res = await s.call_tool(\"fetch_url\", {\"url\": url})\n                body = str(res.content)[:200]\n                print(f\"[SSRF?] {url} -> {body}\")\n\nasyncio.run(main())\n```\n\n### 6. Verify authentication and network exposure\nCheck that remote MCP servers (HTTP\u002FSSE transport) require authentication and are not bound to `0.0.0.0` on untrusted networks.\n\n```bash\n# Confirm whether an SSE\u002FHTTP MCP endpoint responds without credentials\ncurl -s -i http:\u002F\u002Fmcp-host:8000\u002Fsse | head -n 20\n\n# Check listening interfaces of a locally running MCP server\nss -tlnp | grep -E ':(8000|3000|6277)'\n```\n\nAn MCP endpoint that returns tool listings or accepts `tools\u002Fcall` without auth is unauthenticated exposure — remediate with a token\u002FOAuth and bind to localhost or an authenticated gateway.\n\n### 7. Enforce runtime guardrails (optional)\nFor continuous protection, route agent MCP traffic through the mcp-scan proxy, which checks tool calls, data-flow constraints, PII, and indirect injection in real time.\n\n```bash\nuvx --with \"mcp-scan[proxy]\" mcp-scan@latest proxy\n```\n\n### 8. Report findings\nDocument each finding with server, tool, evidence (the poisoned description \u002F SSRF response \u002F unauth listing), severity, and ATLAS mapping. Recommend removing or sandboxing poisoned servers, adding auth, pinning approved tools, and enabling the proxy.\n\n## Tools and Resources\n\n| Tool | Purpose | Source |\n|------|---------|--------|\n| mcp-scan | Static + runtime MCP security scanner | https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Finvariantlabs-ai\u002Fmcp-scan |\n| MCP Python SDK | Programmatic tool enumeration \u002F calls | https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fmodelcontextprotocol\u002Fpython-sdk |\n| OWASP MCP Top 10 | MCP risk reference (MCP03 Tool Poisoning) | https:\u002F\u002Fowasp.org\u002Fwww-project-mcp-top-10\u002F |\n| Invariant Labs blog | Tool poisoning disclosure | https:\u002F\u002Finvariantlabs.ai\u002Fblog\u002Fintroducing-mcp-scan |\n| MITRE ATLAS | AI threat technique taxonomy | https:\u002F\u002Fatlas.mitre.org\u002F |\n\n## MCP Threat Reference\n\n| Threat | Description | Detection |\n|--------|-------------|-----------|\n| Tool poisoning | Hidden instructions in tool description | mcp-scan scan \u002F inspect 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