MCP Shodan
MCP server for Shodan — search internet-connected devices, IP reconnaissance, DNS lookups, and CVE/CPE vulnerability intelligence. Works with Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, and Claude Desktop.
Is MCP Shodan safe? Promising trust profile, but some evidence still deserves review.
Compare MCP Shodan
How does it stack up against its MCP Servers neighbours?
Pick any agent to compare →In detail: MCP Shodan scores 56.0/100 (Grade C), ranked #809 of 1378 tracked open-source AI agent projects, on evidence coverage C (2 of 5 independent signal types). The public evidence: no package-provenance attestation found; OSSF Scorecard rates its supply-chain practices 6.2/10; 16% of recent commits are signed; last pushed 2026-10-12. Every point is earned from checkable signals — never paid placement. How scoring works →
How MCP Shodan could raise its score
Each line changes one public signal and recomputes with the live scoring function. The gains don't add up exactly, because the score is capped near the top.
- Raise the OSSF Scorecard from 6.2 to 9.0lowest checks: Branch-Protection 0, CII-Best-Practices 0, Fuzzing 0 +5.8 → 61.8 C · #352 of 781
- Sign every commit16% signed today +4.3 → 60.3 C · #368 of 781
Chain of custody
Scanners check what the code says. This traces who ships MCP Shodan and whether that has changed: from the source repository, through how changes are reviewed and released, to the code you run. These are the checks for OWASP ASI04 Agentic Supply Chain Vulnerabilities.
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Source Partly signed
github.com/w0h1v/mcp-shodan, MIT, last pushed 2026-10-12. 16% of the last 100 commits carry a verified signature; the rest can't be tied to a verified identity.
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Review and release Mixed
OpenSSF Scorecard rates the repository's practices 6.2/10 (scanned Oct 16, 2026). The checks that decide who can get a change released:
- Code Review1
- Branch Protection0
- Signed Releasesn/a
- Dangerous Workflow10
- Token Permissions9
- Pinned Dependencies2
All 18 Scorecard checks
Binary-Artifacts 10Branch-Protection 0CI-Tests 6CII-Best-Practices 0Code-Review 1Contributors 3Dangerous-Workflow 10Dependency-Update-Tool 10Fuzzing 0License 10Maintained 10Packaging 10Pinned-Dependencies 2SAST 0Security-Policy 4Signed-Releases -1Token-Permissions 9Vulnerabilities 10 -
Published packages None
No registry package. MCP Shodan is used from its repository, so what you run is whatever you check out: pin a release tag or commit.
Changes to this chain
- 2026-08-28 OSSF Scorecard: 3.4/10
Evidence behind this score
Coverage C: 2 of 5 independent evidence types found.
- GitHub repository data
- Package downloads (missing)
- Supply-chain checks
- Public actions (missing)
- Community mentions (missing)
Verify this score yourself
Every build re-issues MCP Shodan’s score as an Ed25519-signed credential, valid for 7 days. You can check it offline against HVTracker’s published key; if anyone changes a number after signing, verification fails.
What this score doesn’t check
It covers who ships the code, not what the code does. It doesn’t read tool descriptions or prompts for injected instructions, watch runtime behaviour, or find bugs nobody has disclosed yet. For that, run a content scanner before you connect it, such as Cisco MCP Scanner or Snyk Agent Scan.
How MCP Shodan compares in MCP Servers
- #437 Lighthouse MCP 56.1 +0.1
- #438 Fr24api MCP 56.1 +0.1
- #439 MCP Shodan 56.0 this agent
- #440 Awesome Copilot MCP Server 56.0 ±0
- #441 Nutrition MCP 55.9 −0.1
Bars show each HVTrust score; the tick marks MCP Shodan’s 56.0.
Where the 56.0 comes from
HVTrust dimensions vs the MCP Servers average
56.0 / 100 · 100.0% confidenceMCP Shodan MCP Servers average (781 agents)
Quick Trust Read
How to read this: HVTrust (0–100) weighs supply-chain signals (provenance, OSSF Scorecard, signed commits, open license) alongside real-world adoption. Grade C reflects the trust score band: A ≥ 80, B ≥ 65, C ≥ 50, D < 50. Evidence coverage C is separate — it grades how many independent signal types back the score (2 of 5), so a high score on thin evidence stays visible. Full methodology →
Rank Trend
Activity & Reach
Analysis
Activity Inputs
59.9 / 100Common questions about MCP Shodan
Does MCP Shodan publish package provenance?
Does MCP Shodan have an OpenSSF Scorecard?
Is MCP Shodan actively maintained?
What license does MCP Shodan use?
Are MCP Shodan's commits signed?
Not a safety endorsement. HVTracker describes what public signals show, not whether a project is safe for your use case. Run your own security review before adopting in production.
AI agent surface
MCP, providers, tool surface
These runtime-trust fields — detected from public repo docs and manifests — contribute a bounded adjustment to this project's HVTrust score alongside supply-chain evidence. The exact values each field can add or subtract are documented in the methodology → Compare this surface across every listed agent in the capability matrix →
- MCP signal live
- External deps live
- Tool / plugin surface live
- Package provenance drift live
Detected changes to MCP Shodan's runtime surface and supply-chain posture, from daily public-signal snapshots. A change here means our detectors see something different — a genuinely changed capability, or better evidence of an existing one.
Maintain MCP Shodan?
For maintainers
HVTrust scores MCP Shodan from public signals only — we never contact maintainers first. If a signal is wrong, stale, or missing (provenance you publish, a Scorecard you run, signed releases), tell us and we'll review it. Corrections are public and tracked on GitHub.
Reputation Timeline
Signal history
Embed Badge Badge guide for maintainers →
For maintainers
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