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PubMed Research

Integrates with PubMed's biomedical literature database to search academic papers, retrieve detailed metadata and abstracts, generate formatted citations in multiple styles, and track citation metrics for research and literature review workflows.

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// key findings
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Known vulnerabilities in dependencies: 16 high
Affects packages this MCP installs at runtime. Upgrade or remove the affected dependency.
⚠️
Tests do not pass
Either the test suite is broken or the code regressed. Either way the published behaviour can’t be verified by the publisher’s own tests.
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No credential exfiltration, no sensitive file access, no obfuscation
Static analysis found nothing flowing your secrets to unexpected places.
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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 2 credentials: FIRECRAWL_API_KEY, PUBMED_API_KEY
These are read from process.env at runtime. Make sure you trust where they’ll be sent.
// known CVEs in dependencies16 high13 low

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

high@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.17.3GHSA-345p-7cg4-v4c7

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

high@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.17.3GHSA-8r9q-7v3j-jr4g

Anthropic's MCP TypeScript SDK has a ReDoS vulnerability

high@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.17.3GHSA-w48q-cv73-mx4w

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

highaxios@1.6.0GHSA-35jp-ww65-95wh

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

highaxios@1.6.0GHSA-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.
configCHROME_PATH
🔐 secretFIRECRAWL_API_KEY— Firecrawl-backed scrape (single URL) and search (open web). Requires .
🔐 secretPUBMED_API_KEY
configPUPPETEER_EXECUTABLE_PATH— A: These features need a local Chrome or Chromium binary. Install Google Chrome, or set =/path/to/chrome. PubMed, ArXiv API search, and Firecrawl features work without a browser.
// 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: ef88bce06931512cb4aa4a63739c53b2b0db1e56
code hash: f9b975fc01fb62d2c1ec0f91202ef2f8414188b2cac9d7e5ccc4deb3ade24125
verified: 7/14/2026, 8:39:40 AM
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