skeleton-mcp

Item: skeleton-mcp
Rating: 58
Author: M8ven

A starter template for building an MCP server with Vault-based secret management and Postgres-backed configuration, featuring tool-level authorization and redacted output.

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// key findings

⚠️

Known vulnerabilities in dependencies: 3 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.

🔐

You'll be asked for 2 credentials: MCP_ADMIN_AUTH_KEY, POSTGRES_PASSWORD

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

// known CVEs in dependencies3 high

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

high@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.17.1GHSA-345p-7cg4-v4c7

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

high@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.17.1GHSA-8r9q-7v3j-jr4g

Anthropic's MCP TypeScript SDK has a ReDoS vulnerability

high@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.17.1GHSA-w48q-cv73-mx4w

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

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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_ADMIN_AUTH_KEY— If is configured, mutating tools require authorizationKey.

configMCP_ALLOW_SENSITIVE_OUTPUT— Sensitive fields are redacted unless =true.

configMCP_SERVER_NAME

configMCP_SERVER_VERSION

configPOSTGRES_DB

configPOSTGRES_HOST

🔐 secretPOSTGRES_PASSWORD

configPOSTGRES_PORT

configPOSTGRES_USER

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commit: e205f7d48f46f18b9b2cb24dabd9f3ad2546ac36

code hash: 8eb31d5cc22b60ee791eccfd3b424bf3542fdd052ac7ee014216444866882c15

verified: 7/15/2026, 8:40:50 AM

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