Is pdfmux MCP server safe?
Probably. Read the findings first.
Use with care. Some checks failed or could not be verified.
What to know before installing
- highShell command built from a string (injection risk)
How pdfmux compares
Against every graded MCP server, from our own scans and uptime checks. Updated after each scan run.
- Safety score
- 65/100
- higher than 20% of 48,255 servers
- Tools that change things
- 0%
- typical: 0%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break
What its tools let an agent do: 8 read
Public scan report
scanner v0.1.9 · 2026-09-24 · same rubric, same numbers if you re-run it
1 high
- Code scan158 source files scanned13/25
- –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 13 days ago15/15
- Maintainer identityregistry namespace matches repository owner; GitHub account older than a year8/10
Findings (1)
- highShell command built from a string (injection risk)
exec.shell-concatpdfmux-1.8.7/.claude/worktrees/nifty-colden-3d35cb/npm-wrapper/index.js: …on"]) { try { const version = execSync(`${cmd} --version 2>&1`, { encoding: "utf8"…
Overall 65/100. Components that don't apply are left out of the denominator. Any critical finding is an F.RubricAppeal a findingJSON
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- kordocParse Korean documents (HWP, HWPX, PDF, XLSX, DOCX, PPTX) to Markdown; fill forms, diff, render.not reviewedWidely usedA
