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openalex-mcp

Provides access to the OpenAlex API, enabling search and retrieval of scholarly works, authors, sources, and more.

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// key findings
⚠️
Known vulnerabilities in dependencies: 12 high
Affects packages this MCP installs at runtime. Upgrade or remove the affected dependency.
✅
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.
🔐
You'll be asked for 2 credentials: MCP_API_KEY, OPENALEX_BEARER_TOKEN
These are read from process.env at runtime. Make sure you trust where they’ll be sent.
// known CVEs in dependencies12 high5 medium12 low

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

highaxios@1.9.0GHSA-35jp-ww65-95wh

axios Vulnerable to Full Man-in-the-Middle via Prototype Pollution Gadget in `config.proxy`

highaxios@1.9.0GHSA-3g43-6gmg-66jw

axios Vulnerable to Credential Theft and Response Hijacking via Prototype Pollution Gadget in Config Merge

highaxios@1.9.0GHSA-43fc-jf86-j433

Axios is Vulnerable to Denial of Service via __proto__ Key in mergeConfig

highaxios@1.9.0GHSA-4hjh-wcwx-xvwj

Axios is vulnerable to DoS attack through lack of data size check

highaxios@1.9.0GHSA-6chq-wfr3-2hj9

Axios: Header Injection via Prototype Pollution

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// required environment variables
This server reads these from process.env. You'll be asked to provide them before it can run.
🔐 secretMCP_API_KEY
🔐 secretOPENALEX_BEARER_TOKEN— Bearer token for authenticated API access (optional)
configOPENALEX_DEFAULT_EMAIL— Default email for rate limiting when no mailto parameter provided
configPORT
// 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
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commit: 76a1180516e1bc64084b3726508d2efab1b97e00
code hash: 98e78a34d58df1afb8b6800631adbffd92616a4d0061a36e1445277e8a836507
verified: 7/21/2026, 8:56:54 AM
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