Is trvl MCP server safe?
Not recommended.
Hidden from default browsing. Significant findings or unreachable.
What to know before installing
- highShell command built from a string (injection risk)
How trvl compares
Against every graded Maps and travel MCP server, from our own scans and uptime checks. Updated after each scan run.
- Safety score
- 49/100
- higher than 9% of 679 Maps and travel servers
Release history: 7 versions in the registry since 2026-09-10, latest 2026-10-10, typically one every 4 days.
Public scan report
scanner v0.1.10 · 2026-10-15 · same rubric, same numbers if you re-run it
1 high2 medium
- Code scan4 source files scanned3/25
- –Live reliabilityno gateway calls yet and no remote to proben/a
- –Tool poisoningtools not inspected (local package is not executed); not countedn/a
- Auth qualitystatic API keys via environment variables6/15
- Maintenancelast push 3 days ago15/15
- Maintainer identityregistry namespace matches repository owner; GitHub account older than a year8/10
Findings (3)
- mediumnpm install lifecycle script present
install.script - highShell command built from a string (injection risk)
exec.shell-concatbin/install.js: …ich is available since Windows 10 execSync(`tar -xzf "${tmpFile}" -C "${binDir}" trvl.exe`, { stdio: "pipe" }); … - mediumnpm install lifecycle script present
install.scriptpackage.json: …in/trvl-mcp.js" }, "scripts": { "postinstall": "node bin/install.js" }, "os": [ …
Overall 49/100. Components that don't apply are left out of the denominator. Any critical finding is an F.RubricAppeal a findingJSON
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