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BambooHR MCP

Enables AI assistants to interact with BambooHR for employee management, hiring, time-off, documents, and reporting, with read-only tools by default and optional write capabilities.

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// key findings
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Known vulnerabilities in dependencies: 1 critical, 6 high
Affects packages this MCP installs at runtime. Upgrade or remove the affected dependency.
⚠️
Tests do not pass
Either the test suite is broken or the code regressed. Either way the published behaviour can’t be verified by the publisher’s own tests.
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You'll be asked for 2 credentials: BAMBOOHR_TOKEN, MCP_API_KEY
These are read from process.env at runtime. Make sure you trust where they’ll be sent.
// known CVEs in dependencies1 critical6 high3 low

Disclosed vulnerabilities in this server's declared npm dependencies (via OSV). Whether each is reachable depends on the installed versions.

criticalfast-xml-parser@5.2.2GHSA-m7jm-9gc2-mpf2

fast-xml-parser has an entity encoding bypass via regex injection in DOCTYPE entity names

high@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.11.0GHSA-345p-7cg4-v4c7

@modelcontextprotocol/sdk has cross-client data leak via shared server/transport instance reuse

high@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.11.0GHSA-8r9q-7v3j-jr4g

Anthropic's MCP TypeScript SDK has a ReDoS vulnerability

high@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.11.0GHSA-w48q-cv73-mx4w

Model Context Protocol (MCP) TypeScript SDK does not enable DNS rebinding protection by default

highfast-xml-parser@5.2.2GHSA-37qj-frw5-hhjh

fast-xml-parser has RangeError DoS Numeric Entities Bug

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// environment variables
To run this server yourself, you supply these values. They go in your own MCP client configuration and stay on your machine. The secret label means the value is sensitive, not that the server mishandles it.
configBAMBOOHR_ALLOWED_TOOLSno all Comma-separated allowlist of tool names.
configBAMBOOHR_COMPANY_DOMAINcp .env.example .env # fill in BAMBOOHR_TOKEN and
configBAMBOOHR_EMPLOYEE_IDno — Default employee for self-service tools.
configBAMBOOHR_ENABLE_WRITESno false Master switch for every record-changing tool.
🔐 secretBAMBOOHR_TOKENcp .env.example .env # fill in and BAMBOOHR_COMPANY_DOMAIN
configHOSTPORT / no 3000 / 0.0.0.0 HTTP bind address.
🔐 secretMCP_API_KEYfor public deploys — Shared secret required as X-API-Key. Unset means no authentication.
configMCP_TRANSPORTno http http or stdio. --stdio on the command line does the same.
// quality suggestions

All four hints declared on every tool

1/1 tools missing one or more hints — bamboohr_server_info (missing: destructiveHint, idempotentHint). OpenAI's directory rejects tools where any of the four hints are missing or non-boolean.

For every tool, set all four hints (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint) to explicit true/false values that match the handler’s actual behaviour.

Tool inputs are validated

Only 0/1 tool handlers declare input schemas (0%)

Declare an inputSchema with zod/joi/yup on every tool definition.

Tool handlers catch errors

Only 0/1 tool handlers wrap calls in try/catch (0%)

Wrap each tool handler body in try/catch and return a structured error response.

Tests pass

npm test failed — tests do not pass

Make sure npm test runs cleanly. Common cause: missing build step or missing env vars.

Secrets not logged

1 secret value sent to console.log

Redact or omit secret values from log output.

Production dependencies are patched

1 critical, 6 high severity in production deps — fast-xml-parser@5.2.2 (critical), @modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.11.0 (high)

Run npm audit fix, or upgrade the affected packages to a non-vulnerable version.

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