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Semantic Scholar MCP Server

Enables searching and retrieving academic papers, authors, citations, and references from Semantic Scholar via an HTTP MCP server with caching and rate limiting.

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// key findings
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Known vulnerabilities in dependencies: 2 critical, 17 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: SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY
These are read from process.env at runtime. Make sure you trust where they’ll be sent.
// known CVEs in dependencies2 critical17 high13 low

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

criticalvitest@2.0.0GHSA-5xrq-8626-4rwp

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

criticalvitest@2.0.0GHSA-9crc-q9x8-hgqq

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

high@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.0.0GHSA-8r9q-7v3j-jr4g

Anthropic's MCP TypeScript SDK has a ReDoS vulnerability

high@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.0.0GHSA-w48q-cv73-mx4w

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

highaxios@1.7.0GHSA-35jp-ww65-95wh

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

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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.
configCACHE_MAX_SIZE— export =1073741824
configCACHE_TTL_DAYS
configHOST— export ="0.0.0.0"
configLOG_LEVEL— export ="info"
configPORT— export =3000
🔐 secretSEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY— export ="your-api-key"
configSEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_URL
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// improvement guidance — verified publishers only
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commit: cd5d0a58791e0b9a02806c6426ee4a772b52e5d6
code hash: b2dea71eea7cdf1689ae1a56d7b46b6cda71de6e23ca84bfc699144d0460d8f1
verified: 6/23/2026, 10:36:00 AM
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