✓ Security: Safe · 100 100/100 · grade A scanned 35m ago
✓ no compromise signals 16 risk-surface · 10/20 OWASP controls flagged
Only compromise signals — malicious or tampered code (leaked secrets, backdoors, a dropped executable) — reduce the score. Dangerous-by-capability traits are risk surface , expected for some capabilities. Every finding is mapped to the OWASP control it belongs to below.
What this capability can do · high confidence (static)
Tools (12)
agent_cancel_run agent_create_run agent_get_run_output agent_wait_for_run company_research_exa deep_researcher_check deep_researcher_start deep_search_exa get_code_context_exa linkedin_search_exa people_search_exa web_search_advanced_exa
⚑ filesystem ⚑ network ⚑ secrets
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Findings mapped to the OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications (2025) and the OWASP Machine Learning Security Top 10 . Expand any flagged control for the exact findings — compromise reduces the score; expected /risk-surface do not.
OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications
⚠ LLM01 Prompt Injection high Adversarial instructions embedded in an artifact that hijack a downstream LLM.
• Prompt-injection phrasing — instruction-subversion language detected · exa-labs-exa-mcp-server-c4b419a/llm_mcp_docs.txt (CWE-77)expected
⚠ LLM02 Sensitive Information Disclosure high Secrets, credentials or PII shipped inside the artifact.
• Embedded credentials — found: hardcoded credential · exa-labs-exa-mcp-server-c4b419a/tests/unit/api/mcp.test.ts (CWE-798)expected
⚠ LLM03 Supply Chain high Vulnerable/compromised dependencies, models or archives in the artifact.
• Dependency manifest — 17 npm dependencies declared · exa-labs-exa-mcp-server-c4b419a/package.json risk surface
• Vulnerable dependencies — 51 known vulnerabilities in: @tootallnate/once@2.0.0, ajv@8.6.3, axios@1.15.2, debug@4.1.1, esbuild@0.14.47, esbuild@0.27.7, fast-uri@3.1.0, form-data@4.0.5 (CWE-1395)risk surface
⚠ LLM05 Improper Output Handling high Code that pipes model/user output into shell, eval, SQL or paths unsafely.
• Path traversal sequences — '../' present in content or name · exa-labs-exa-mcp-server-c4b419a/api/mcp.ts (CWE-22)risk surface
• Suspicious code patterns — pipe-to-shell install · exa-labs-exa-mcp-server-c4b419a/llm_mcp_docs.txt (CWE-494)risk surface
⚠ LLM07 System Prompt Leakage high Secrets, internal hosts or proprietary logic exposed in shipped prompts.
• Embedded credentials — found: hardcoded credential · exa-labs-exa-mcp-server-c4b419a/tests/unit/api/mcp.test.ts (CWE-798)expected
⚠ LLM06 Excessive Agency medium Over-broad tool/permission surface or unrestricted egress.
• External endpoints declared — 3 distinct host(s) · exa-labs-exa-mcp-server-c4b419a/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json risk surface
• External endpoints declared — 2 distinct host(s) · exa-labs-exa-mcp-server-c4b419a/.claude-plugin/plugin.json risk surface
• Broad capability surface — 3 high-impact capability categories referenced — verify least-privilege · exa-labs-exa-mcp-server-c4b419a/README.md (CWE-272)risk surface
• External endpoints declared — 12 distinct host(s) · exa-labs-exa-mcp-server-c4b419a/README.md risk surface
• External endpoints declared — 1 distinct host(s) · exa-labs-exa-mcp-server-c4b419a/env.example risk surface
• Broad capability surface — 5 high-impact capability categories referenced — verify least-privilege · exa-labs-exa-mcp-server-c4b419a/llm_mcp_docs.txt (CWE-272)risk surface
• External endpoints declared — 76 distinct host(s) · exa-labs-exa-mcp-server-c4b419a/llm_mcp_docs.txt risk surface
• External endpoints declared — 7 distinct host(s) · exa-labs-exa-mcp-server-c4b419a/npm.readme.md risk surface
• External endpoints declared — 4 distinct host(s) · exa-labs-exa-mcp-server-c4b419a/tests/unit/api/mcp.test.ts risk surface
⚠ LLM10 Unbounded Consumption medium Unbounded loops/recursion causing DoS or runaway cost.
Enforced at runtime by the gateway (rate limits + spend caps + size caps); static check flags unbounded loops.
• Potentially unbounded loop — an infinite loop (while True / while(1) / for(;;)) may cause runaway consumption · exa-labs-exa-mcp-server-c4b419a/llm_mcp_docs.txt (CWE-835)risk surface
§ LLM09 Misinformation Governance Artifacts designed to produce false/deceptive output.
Detectable only by runtime behavioral evaluation; addressed via responsible-use attestation.
✓ LLM04 Data and Model Poisoning Passed Backdoors/poisoning in training data or serialized models.
Behavioral poisoning needs model execution; static check covers unsafe serialization + dataset skew only.
✓ LLM08 Vector and Embedding Weaknesses Passed PII or plaintext source leakage in embedding/vector exports.
Embedding inversion/poisoning is largely runtime; static check covers PII in vector exports.
OWASP Machine Learning Security Top 10
⚠ ML02 Data Poisoning high Poisoned training datasets with triggers or anomalous distributions.
Static check covers trigger phrasing, PII and label skew; full poisoning detection is runtime.
• Prompt-injection phrasing — instruction-subversion language detected · exa-labs-exa-mcp-server-c4b419a/llm_mcp_docs.txt (CWE-77)expected
⚠ ML06 AI Supply Chain high Compromised PyPI/npm packages, typosquats, unsafe serialized models.
• Dependency manifest — 17 npm dependencies declared · exa-labs-exa-mcp-server-c4b419a/package.json risk surface
• Vulnerable dependencies — 51 known vulnerabilities in: @tootallnate/once@2.0.0, ajv@8.6.3, axios@1.15.2, debug@4.1.1, esbuild@0.14.47, esbuild@0.27.7, fast-uri@3.1.0, form-data@4.0.5 (CWE-1395)risk surface
⚠ ML09 Output Integrity high Middleware tampering with model outputs in transit.
Gateway enforces TLS + response integrity; static check flags output-rewriting code.
• Path traversal sequences — '../' present in content or name · exa-labs-exa-mcp-server-c4b419a/api/mcp.ts (CWE-22)risk surface
• Suspicious code patterns — pipe-to-shell install · exa-labs-exa-mcp-server-c4b419a/llm_mcp_docs.txt (CWE-494)risk surface
§ ML01 Input Manipulation (Adversarial) Governance Models vulnerable to adversarial perturbations.
Requires runtime robustness evaluation; addressed via publisher robustness attestation.
§ ML03 Model Inversion Governance Training data reconstructable from a model's outputs.
Runtime/evaluation property; addressed via model-card data-provenance + DP attestation.
§ ML04 Membership Inference Governance Determining whether a record was in the training set.
Runtime/evaluation property; addressed via overfitting disclosure + DP attestation.
§ ML08 Model Skewing Governance Models trained on skewed data producing biased output.
Requires fairness evaluation; addressed via model-card bias/limitations disclosure.
✓ ML05 Model Theft Passed Unlicensed re-distribution / license-incompatible derivatives.
Static check verifies license declaration; extraction throttling is runtime.
✓ ML07 Transfer Learning Attack Passed Backdoored base models / LoRA adapters propagating to derivatives.
Backdoor detection needs behavioral probing; static check covers unsafe serialization + provenance.
✓ ML10 Model Poisoning (Weights) Passed Tampered model weight files; integrity must be verifiable.
Static check enforces safe formats + records a content hash for downstream verification.
Other findings (6) · hygiene / uncategorized • Unrecognized file type — '.gitignore' is not on the allowlist · exa-labs-exa-mcp-server-c4b419a/.gitignore risk surface
• Unrecognized file type — '.npmignore' is not on the allowlist · exa-labs-exa-mcp-server-c4b419a/.npmignore risk surface
• Unrecognized file type — '.vercelignore' is not on the allowlist · exa-labs-exa-mcp-server-c4b419a/.vercelignore risk surface
• Unrecognized file type — '.?' is not on the allowlist · exa-labs-exa-mcp-server-c4b419a/Dockerfile risk surface
• Unrecognized file type — '.example' is not on the allowlist · exa-labs-exa-mcp-server-c4b419a/env.example risk surface
• Possible obfuscation — very long lines · exa-labs-exa-mcp-server-c4b419a/src/tools/companyResearch.ts risk surface
✔ verified source · pinned exa-labs-exa-mcp-server-c4b419a · changed since last scan · +egress docs.exa.ai, img.shields.io, cursor.com, vscode.dev, badge.fury.io, www.npmjs.com, lmstudio.ai, files.lmstudio.ai, replit.com, registry.npmjs.org, opencollective.com, dotenvx.com, tidelift.com, www.patreon.com, feross.org, static.modelcontextprotocol.io, source-1.com, source-2.com, subject-website.com, company.com, promising-url-1.com, promising-url-2.com
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No shell/exec No unknown egress Grade B or better No secrets access No install hooks Strict (B+ · no shell · no egress)