Bawbel Scanner runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. Last commit 23 Oct 2026.
Security scanner for MCP servers and skill files. Detects AVE vulnerabilities before production.
What the code does
We read the source, 2 d ago · rules 995398eba69f
Things with no honest explanation: a promise that contradicts the code, code that runs at install time while hiding what it does, data leaving the machine.
("Recursive delete (rm -rf)", "AVE-2026-00005", "CRITICAL", 5.6),
What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.
result = subprocess.run( # nosec B603 B607 # noqa: S603
("Read of ~/.ssh/ directory", "AVE-2026-00003", "HIGH", 6.8),
Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.
We found things in this code
Code changes quietly between releases, and nobody reads the diff of a dependency. We do, on every release — watch Bawbel Scanner and you get told the day something new turns up.
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Bawbel Scanner — questions
Answers built from our own checks of this server.