nist-mcp

Provides structured access to the full NIST cybersecurity catalog, including SP 800/1800 publications, security controls, CSF 2.0, and the NVD database. It enables AI assistants to search and retrieve cybersecurity standards, CVEs, and compliance guidance directly from a local SQLite index.

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// key findings

✅

7 tools verified — handlers match their declared behaviour

5 read-only tools verified — handlers contain no write/delete/exec

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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.

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You'll be asked for 1 credential: NIST_MCP_NVD_API_KEY

These are read from process.env at runtime. Make sure you trust where they’ll be sent.

// required environment variables

This server reads these from process.env. You'll be asked to provide them before it can run.

configNIST_MCP_DATA_DIR— ~/.nist-mcp Directory for the local database and cached documents

🔐 secretNIST_MCP_NVD_API_KEY— _(none)_ Optional NVD API key for higher rate limits (recommended)

configNIST_MCP_UPDATE_INTERVAL— 604800 Seconds between background database rebuilds (default: 7 days)

// full audit trail

The full breakdown of what we checked, the deductions that landed, the network hosts, the dependency advisories, and concrete fix guidance is available to verified publishers.

// improvement guidance — verified publishers only

We have 4 concrete improvements we can share with the publisher of this MCP. Each comes with specific guidance to raise the trust score.

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commit: f16411a5caeb70b6c0383aaaffdeb2a62d49fa26

code hash: bf08237ad09cc7491950dc35c92f453fd8ff31307603334a4020732c69d57ac5

verified: 6/16/2026, 11:37:29 AM

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