Overleaf MCP Server
MCP server for interacting with Overleaf projects, enabling project listing, file reads, LaTeX section discovery, and revision-guarded writes through natural language.
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The grade above is for the source repository. Registries can serve a different version, so we mark the ones we were not able to read.
Disclosed vulnerabilities in this server's declared npm dependencies (via OSV). Whether each is reachable depends on the installed versions.
form-data uses unsafe random function in form-data for choosing boundary
axios Vulnerable to Credential Theft and Response Hijacking via Prototype Pollution Gadget in Config Merge
Axios is Vulnerable to Denial of Service via __proto__ Key in mergeConfig
Axios: Header Injection via Prototype Pollution
Axios: Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via Cookie Name Injection
OLGITBRIDGE_CREDENTIAL_DIR/absolute/path/credentials \OLGITBRIDGE_GITOLGITBRIDGE_MCP_CONFIG/absolute/path/mcp-projects.json \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
11/11 tools missing one or more hints — list_projects (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); list_files (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); read_file (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint), +8 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.
Descriptions match behaviour
1 tool describes read intent but its handler mutates — write_file (line 98: projectService.writeFile(input, context(extra)))
Rename the tool, rewrite the description, or move the side-effect into a separate clearly-named tool.
Tool inputs are validated
Only 0/11 tool handlers declare input schemas (0%)
Declare an inputSchema with zod/joi/yup on every tool definition.
Tool test coverage
4/11 tools referenced in tests (36%)
Write tests that reference each tool by name so every tool has at least one test.
Production dependencies are patched
1 critical, 13 high severity in production deps — form-data@4.0.0 (critical), axios@0.24.0 (high)
Run npm audit fix, or upgrade the affected packages to a non-vulnerable version.
Dependency freshness
2/10 production deps stale: active-x-obfuscator@2022-06-13 (4.2y), git-http-backend@2022-11-11 (3.8y)
Tool description accuracy
write_file: description implies read-only but handler writes/deletes/executes
Update tool descriptions to accurately reflect all capabilities — especially write, delete, or execute operations.
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