CTFd MCP Server

Enables interaction with CTFd platforms for Capture The Flag competitions, allowing users to list challenges, read details, manage dynamic Docker containers, and submit flags through natural language.

→ umbra2728/ctfd-mcp · listed on glama

Is this your MCP?

Claim it to get a verified publisher badge, a free copy of our full audit findings, and direct contact for any high-priority issues we find.

Install from

Glama

M8ven verifies MCPs across every public registry — install directly from whichever one you prefer.

// key findings

✅

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.

🔐

You'll be asked for 3 credentials: CTFD_TOKEN, CTFD_CSRF_TOKEN, CTFD_PASSWORD

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

// required environment variables

This server reads these from process.env. You'll be asked to provide them before it can run.

configCTFD_URL— (e.g. <https://ctfd.example.com>)

🔐 secretCTFD_TOKEN— (user token, not admin) or CTFD_SESSION (session cookie if tokens are disabled).

configCTFD_SESSION— CTFD_TOKEN (user token, not admin) or (session cookie if tokens are disabled).

🔐 secretCTFD_CSRF_TOKEN— (optional, only if the server/plugin requires CSRF for ctfd-owl).

configCTFD_USERNAME— your_username

🔐 secretCTFD_PASSWORD— your_password

configCTFD_USER_AGENT

// 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 3 concrete improvements we can share with the publisher of this MCP. Each comes with specific guidance to raise the trust score.

// embed badge in your README

[![M8ven Score](https://m8ven.ai/badge/mcp/umbra2728-ctfd-mcp-ncyg58)](https://m8ven.ai/mcp/umbra2728-ctfd-mcp-ncyg58)

commit: d2ec2059f032fd72dee94d4594188a88a7608082

code hash: 5a5e8f60c91ca2925eb1a837d8ecfbbc64aa1e3a49c25e7df5ebc3182442aba5

verified: 6/18/2026, 11:48:36 AM

view raw JSON →