Bawbel Scanner runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 176 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 27 Jun 2026.
Security scanner for MCP servers and skill files. Detects AVE vulnerabilities before production.
We read the source, 20 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df
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),
("Read of ~/.ssh/ directory", "AVE-2026-00003", "HIGH", 6.8),
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),
("Outbound connection to pastebin.com", "AVE-2026-00001", "CRITICAL", 8.0),
Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.
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.
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add scanner -- uvx bawbel-scanner
{
"mcpServers": {
"scanner": {
"args": [
"bawbel-scanner"
],
"command": "uvx"
}
}
}
[mcp_servers.scanner]
command = "uvx"
args = ["bawbel-scanner"]
{
"mcpServers": {
"scanner": {
"args": [
"bawbel-scanner"
],
"command": "uvx"
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"scanner": {
"args": [
"bawbel-scanner"
],
"command": "uvx"
}
}
}
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