MCP Live-Inspect Report
| Field |
Value |
| Report type |
mcp-inspect |
| Target |
4 running MCP servers (auto-discovered) |
| Date |
2026-05-05 |
| Version |
llm-security v7.4.0 |
| Scope |
runtime tool descriptions + capability surface |
| Frameworks |
OWASP MCP Top 10 |
| Triggered by |
/security mcp-inspect |
Risk Dashboard
| Metric |
Value |
| Risk Score |
38/100 |
| Risk Band |
Medium |
| Grade |
C |
| Verdict |
WARNING |
| Severity |
Count |
| Critical |
0 |
| High |
1 |
| Medium |
3 |
| Low |
2 |
| Info |
4 |
| Total |
10 |
Verdict rationale: One HIGH-severity tool-shadowing finding on airbnb-mcp.search_listings (description claims to "browse listings" but invokes Bash internally). Three MEDIUM drift advisories above per-update threshold.
Server Inventory
| Server |
Transport |
Tools |
Status |
Connected |
| airbnb-mcp |
stdio |
6 |
running |
yes |
| postgres-readonly |
stdio |
2 |
running |
yes |
| browser-mcp |
http |
4 |
running |
yes |
| filesystem-mcp |
stdio |
8 |
running |
yes |
Codepoint Reveal
Tools with non-ASCII codepoints in descriptions (zero-width / homoglyph candidates):
| Server |
Tool |
Codepoints |
Risk |
| airbnb-mcp |
search_listings |
U+200B (zero-width space), U+2028 (line separator) |
HIGH |
| browser-mcp |
navigate |
U+202E (RTL override) |
MEDIUM |
| filesystem-mcp |
list_dir |
(clean) |
— |
Findings
High
| ID |
Category |
Server |
Description |
OWASP |
| MCI-001 |
Tool Shadowing |
airbnb-mcp |
search_listings description says "browse listings" but tool surface includes shell-exec capability |
MCP06 |
Medium
| ID |
Category |
Server |
Description |
OWASP |
| MCI-002 |
Description Drift |
airbnb-mcp |
book_property description changed 18.4% since last cache (>10% threshold) |
MCP05 |
| MCI-003 |
Description Drift |
browser-mcp |
navigate description gained URL-allow-list bypass language |
MCP05 |
| MCI-004 |
Hidden Imperative |
airbnb-mcp |
cancel_booking description contains "ALWAYS confirm with user before X" pattern |
MCP03 |
Low
| ID |
Category |
Server |
Description |
OWASP |
| MCI-005 |
Verbose Schema |
filesystem-mcp |
Tool schemas exceed 800 tokens — context-window pressure |
— |
| MCI-006 |
Verbose Schema |
browser-mcp |
Tool schemas exceed 600 tokens |
— |
Info
| ID |
Category |
Server |
Description |
OWASP |
| MCI-007 |
Capability |
postgres-readonly |
Read-only enforced by URL connection-string parameter |
— |
| MCI-008 |
Capability |
filesystem-mcp |
Path-allow-list enforced via env var |
— |
| MCI-009 |
Trust |
airbnb-mcp |
NPM package, last published 2026-04-12 |
— |
| MCI-010 |
Trust |
browser-mcp |
GitHub source, MIT license |
— |
Recommendations
- Immediate: Disable
airbnb-mcp.search_listings until upstream maintainer clarifies shell-exec rationale or removes capability.
- High: Run
/security mcp-baseline-reset --target airbnb-mcp after legitimate update is verified.
- Medium: Audit zero-width characters in descriptions; reject the tool description if maintainer cannot explain U+200B inclusion.
- Medium: Bound description token-budget in policy.json:
mcp.max_description_tokens: 500.
Live-inspect complete. 10 findings across 4 servers.