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PubMed MCP Server

MCP server for searching PubMed scientific articles using NCBI E-utilities API. Supports query, fetch summaries, and full text retrieval with caching and rate limiting.

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// key findings
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Known vulnerabilities in dependencies: 2 critical, 8 high
Affects packages this MCP installs at runtime. Upgrade or remove the affected dependency.
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You'll be asked for 1 credential: PUBMED_API_KEY
These are read from process.env at runtime. Make sure you trust where they’ll be sent.
// known CVEs in dependencies2 critical8 high3 medium5 low

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

criticalfast-xml-parser@5.2.5GHSA-m7jm-9gc2-mpf2

fast-xml-parser has an entity encoding bypass via regex injection in DOCTYPE entity names

criticalvitest@3.2.4GHSA-5xrq-8626-4rwp

When Vitest UI server is listening, arbitrary file can be read and executed

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.
🔐 secretPUBMED_API_KEY— "": "your-api-key"
configPUBMED_CACHE_DIR
configPUBMED_CACHE_TTL
configPUBMED_EMAIL— your-email@example.com npx @ncukondo/mcp-server-pubmed
// 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 5 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: 678d0b333c10b2d7a777af1919adef2c23038fc3
code hash: a7c62dda58911545d7ea588c43374a572deb943ae804152090209bf8dfc2b2a7
verified: 6/22/2026, 12:17:39 PM
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