kakao-mcp (Sedong-Choi/kakao-mcp) is an MCP server listed on the M8ven Trust Index. It scores 58 out of 100, grade D. It declares 6 tools. No publisher has claimed this listing.

D
Caution
58/100

kakao-mcp

Enables AI agents to use Kakao's Local, Search, and Vision APIs for address conversion, place search, web/blog/search, and OCR, requiring only a REST API key.

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Sedong-Choi

Source: Glama

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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 1 credential: KAKAO_REST_API_KEY
These are read from process.env at runtime. Make sure you trust where they’ll be sent.
// tools this server exposes6 tools

These names and descriptions are the publisher's own, read from the source code. We print them as written. Our assessment is the findings above, not this list.

kakao_address_to_coord

주소(도로명/지번)를 위경도 좌표로 변환하고 정규화된 주소를 반환. 예: '경기도 성남시 분당구 판교역로 235'.

kakao_search_place

키워드로 장소를 검색. 좌표(x,y)+반경을 주면 주변 검색. 예: '강남역 카페', '판교 맛집'.

kakao_place_by_category
kakao_coord_to_address

위경도 좌표를 도로명/지번 주소로 역변환. 예: x=127.1086, y=37.4012.

kakao_coord_to_region

위경도 좌표를 행정동/법정동 행정구역 정보로 변환.

kakao_search

다음(Daum) 검색으로 웹/블로그/카페/이미지/동영상/책을 검색. 국내 콘텐츠·SEO 리서치에 유용.

// 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@1.12.0GHSA-345p-7cg4-v4c7

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

high@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.12.0GHSA-8r9q-7v3j-jr4g

Anthropic's MCP TypeScript SDK has a ReDoS vulnerability

high@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.12.0GHSA-w48q-cv73-mx4w

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

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// environment variables
To run this server yourself, you supply these values. They go in your own MCP client configuration and stay on your machine. The secret label means the value is sensitive, not that the server mishandles it.
🔐 secretKAKAO_REST_API_KEY"env": { "": "your_rest_api_key" }
configMCP_TRANSPORT
Deployment configuration, supplied by whoever hosts the server. Users are not asked for these.
deployPORT
// quality suggestions

Tool annotations

No tools have read-only/destructive annotations

Add readOnlyHint or destructiveHint annotations to every tool so hosts can warn users before invoking.

All four hints declared on every tool

6/6 tools missing one or more hints — kakao_address_to_coord (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); kakao_search_place (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); kakao_place_by_category (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint), +3 more. OpenAI's directory rejects tools where any of the four hints are missing or non-boolean.

For every tool, set all four hints (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint) to explicit true/false values that match the handler’s actual behaviour.

Tool handlers catch errors

Only 0/6 tool handlers wrap calls in try/catch (0%)

Wrap each tool handler body in try/catch and return a structured error response.

License file

No license file

Add a LICENSE file (MIT, Apache-2.0, etc.).

Tests exist

No test files found

Add tests that exercise each declared tool.

Production dependencies are patched

0 critical, 3 high severity in production deps — @modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.12.0 (high), @modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.12.0 (high)

Run npm audit fix, or upgrade the affected packages to a non-vulnerable version.

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