Is velo/eclipse-mcp safe to install?

velo/eclipse-mcp was flagged as CRITICAL RISK (risk score 78) with 10 findings detected across 64 files. Review the findings before installing.

What security issues were found in velo/eclipse-mcp?

Sigil detected 10 findings in velo/eclipse-mcp, including patterns related to provenance, install_hooks. See the full scan report for details.

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Summary

velo/eclipse-mcp v2026-03-25 was classified as CRITICAL RISK with a risk score of 78. Sigil detected 10 findings across 64 files, covering phases including provenance, install hooks. Review the findings below before installing this package.

Package description: Eclipse Plugin providing MCP (Model Context Protocol) server functionality

CRITICAL RISK(78)

v2026-03-25

27 March 2026, 05:53 UTC

by Sigil Bot

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Provenance

Registry

https://github.com/velo/eclipse-mcp

Repository

https://github.com/velo/eclipse-mcp

Scanned From

https://github.com/velo/eclipse-mcp.git

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install-pip-setup-exec

CRITICAL

setup.py executes code at install time

repo/com.eclipse.mcp.server.tests/src/test/java/com/eclipse/mcp/server/integration/MCPServerIT.java:48

    @BeforeClass
    public static void setUp() throws Exception {
        Bundle mcpBundle = startMCPBundle();

Why was this flagged?

This setup.py calls subprocess, os.system, exec, or eval during package installation. Legitimate packages rarely need to execute arbitrary commands at install time. This pattern is commonly used by malicious packages to download and run payloads, exfiltrate environment variables, or establish persistence. Rated CRITICAL because it runs with the installer's full permissions.

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