Grounding Lite MCP Server

Item: Grounding Lite MCP Server
Rating: 51
Author: M8ven

Provides custom tools to the Gemini model for spatially grounding responses using Google Maps Platform APIs (Places, Routes, Elevation).

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// key findings

🚨

Secret credentials may flow to a network call

1 flow detected: SERVER_API_KEY. We can’t prove the destination matches the brand the credential belongs to.

⚠️

Known vulnerabilities in dependencies: 16 high

Affects packages this MCP installs at runtime. Upgrade or remove the affected dependency.

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You'll be asked for 3 credentials: GITHUB_TOKEN, GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY, SERVER_API_KEY

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

// known CVEs in dependencies16 high5 medium17 low

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

high@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.24.0GHSA-345p-7cg4-v4c7

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

high@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.24.0GHSA-8r9q-7v3j-jr4g

Anthropic's MCP TypeScript SDK has a ReDoS vulnerability

highaxios@1.13.2GHSA-35jp-ww65-95wh

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

highaxios@1.13.2GHSA-3g43-6gmg-66jw

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

highaxios@1.13.2GHSA-43fc-jf86-j433

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

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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.

🔐 secretGITHUB_TOKEN

🔐 secretGOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY— "YOUR_GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY"

configPORT

🔐 secretSERVER_API_KEY— "YOUR_SERVER_API_KEY_HERE"

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verified: 6/17/2026, 11:39:34 AM

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