Ref

Item: Ref
Rating: 66
Author: M8ven

Up-to-date documentation for LLMs and coding agents. Includes public Github repos and documentation sites for all the most used platforms, libraries and APIs.\n\nSee https://ref.tools for more information.

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// key findings

⚠️

Known vulnerabilities in dependencies: 17 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: REF_API_KEY

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

// known CVEs in dependencies17 high13 low

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

high@modelcontextprotocol/inspector@0.16.1GHSA-g9hg-qhmf-q45m

MCP Inspector is Vulnerable to Potential Command Execution via XSS When Connecting to an Untrusted MCP Server

high@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.0.3GHSA-8r9q-7v3j-jr4g

Anthropic's MCP TypeScript SDK has a ReDoS vulnerability

high@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.0.3GHSA-w48q-cv73-mx4w

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

highaxios@1.8.4GHSA-35jp-ww65-95wh

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

highaxios@1.8.4GHSA-3g43-6gmg-66jw

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

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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.

configPORT

configREF_ALPHA

🔐 secretREF_API_KEY— "": <sign up to get an api key>

configREF_URL

configTRANSPORT

// full audit trail

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// improvement guidance — verified publishers only

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commit: 83970a35627785a0589ae2dbe5510b4a3dd04146

code hash: ecde0831b2512607c30987a391005bd12e670b96e6da25d2e4a6a66ab964bc14

verified: 6/16/2026, 12:16:34 PM

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