Is Zakariaberm47/mcpdir safe to install?

Zakariaberm47/mcpdir was flagged as CRITICAL RISK (risk score 590) with 58 findings detected across 175 files. Review the findings before installing.

What security issues were found in Zakariaberm47/mcpdir?

Sigil detected 58 findings in Zakariaberm47/mcpdir, including patterns related to provenance, install_hooks, code_patterns, network_exfil. See the full scan report for details.

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Summary

Zakariaberm47/mcpdir v2026-03-22 was classified as CRITICAL RISK with a risk score of 590. Sigil detected 58 findings across 175 files, covering phases including provenance, install hooks, code patterns, network exfiltration. Review the findings below before installing this package.

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CRITICAL RISK(590)

v2026-03-22

22 March 2026, 23:48 UTC

by Sigil Bot

Risk Score

590

Findings

Files Scanned

175

Provenance

Registry

https://github.com/Zakariaberm47/mcpdir

Repository

https://github.com/Zakariaberm47/mcpdir

Scanned From

https://github.com/Zakariaberm47/mcpdir.git

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install-pip-setup-exec

CRITICAL

setup.py executes code at install time

repo/data/pulsemcp-slugs.json:13495

    "name": "Safe Local Python Executor",
    "description": "MCP (Model Context Protocol) Server. Wraps LocalPythonExecutor from HuggingFace's smolagents framework. The runtime combines the ease of setup (compared to docker, VM, cloud runtimes) while providing safeguards and limiting operations/imports that are allowed inside the runtime.",
    "githubUrl": "https://github.com/maxim-saplin/mcp_safe_local_python_executor",

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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