Kali MCP Security Lab

Item: Kali MCP Security Lab
Rating: 52
Author: M8ven

A safety-constrained MCP server that exposes selected Kali Linux and Nmap capabilities within an authorized lab network, enforcing strict scope limitations and audit logging.

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// key findings

⚠️

Tool descriptions don’t match what handlers do

1 tool describes read intent but its handler mutates — scan_common_ports (line 391: completed_process = subprocess.run()

✅

No credential exfiltration, no sensitive file access, no obfuscation

Static analysis found nothing flowing your secrets to unexpected places.

✅

Open source with a license and README

Anyone can audit the code, the license is declared, and the publisher documents what it does.

// full audit trail

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commit: bb45385031666961b80058b78ebe7e9307fd8ff5

code hash: cb1042c468f3f73e5c118e6d5c59b0f777ee01605ba5d6a5414af4640b7b544c

verified: 7/31/2026, 9:04:57 AM

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