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NASA SciX MCP Server

Enables LLMs to search astronomical literature, retrieve paper metadata, analyze citation metrics, and export bibliographic data via the NASA Astrophysics Data System (SciX) API.

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// key findings
🚨
Known vulnerabilities in dependencies: 2 critical, 2 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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You'll be asked for 1 credential: SCIX_API_TOKEN
These are read from process.env at runtime. Make sure you trust where they’ll be sent.
// known CVEs in dependencies2 critical2 high

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

criticalvitest@2.1.0GHSA-5xrq-8626-4rwp

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

criticalvitest@2.1.0GHSA-9crc-q9x8-hgqq

Vitest allows Remote Code Execution when accessing a malicious website while Vitest API server is listening

high@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@0.6.0GHSA-8r9q-7v3j-jr4g

Anthropic's MCP TypeScript SDK has a ReDoS vulnerability

high@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@0.6.0GHSA-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.
🔐 secretSCIX_API_TOKEN— export =your_api_key_here
// full audit trail
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// improvement guidance — verified publishers only
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commit: 0f33241ce2438e27f094382a852a94d4a5cedf96
code hash: 6fd70a05a174e182eb018aee3b0ec204f91d733fc41c4cee66dfb4940f98ac92
verified: 6/15/2026, 2:02:28 PM
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