exa-mcp-server

Security Findings (6)

• HighExcessive Permission Surface ×2

  • web_search_exa:tool declares network permission
  • company_research_exa:tool declares network permission

  Rule: AS-002Fix: Tool requests broad permissions (exec/fs/network). Validate input parameters using Enums where possible, and restrict file system operations to explicit allowed directories.
• HighInsecure Secret Handling

  get_code_context_exa:input parameter "tokensNum" appears to accept a secret or credential

  Rule: AS-010Fix: Avoid accepting raw credentials as input parameters. Use secret managers (e.g. 1Password CLI, AWS Secrets Manager) and ensure credentials are never logged or stored in agent traces.
• MediumExcessive Permission Surface

  get_code_context_exa:tool declares db permission

  Rule: AS-002Fix: Tool requests broad permissions (exec/fs/network). Validate input parameters using Enums where possible, and restrict file system operations to explicit allowed directories.
• LowDoS Resilience — Missing Rate Limit / Timeout ×2

  • web_search_exa:tool performs network or execution operations but declares no rate-limit, timeout, or retry configuration
  • company_research_exa:tool performs network or execution operations but declares no rate-limit, timeout, or retry configuration

  Rule: AS-011Fix: Declare explicit rate-limit, timeout, and retry configuration for all network and execution tools. Implement exponential back-off and surface resource state to the calling agent.