PubMed MCP Server

Item: PubMed MCP Server
Rating: 54
Author: M8ven

A local MCP server enabling PubMed, PMC, and iCite API access via stdio for tools like search, fetch, full text, and citation counts.

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// key findings

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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.

✅

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: NCBI_API_KEY

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@1.12.1GHSA-345p-7cg4-v4c7

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

high@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.12.1GHSA-8r9q-7v3j-jr4g

Anthropic's MCP TypeScript SDK has a ReDoS vulnerability

high@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.12.1GHSA-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.

🔐 secretNCBI_API_KEY— 4. Copy that string and put it in the env var in your claude_desktop_config.json (see the Claude Desktop section below).

// 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: 2f7853ff783318f932fd704e2ec753aa772020ba

code hash: 44d065c1560cb17390469ca10e72c0eb0783e11a139628cf8150dfac71c66e1e

verified: 6/24/2026, 10:02:23 AM

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