# AWS Payment Cryptography MCP Server

AWS Payment Cryptography via MCP — keys, PIN/MAC/CVV/ARQC, PCI guards, HSM migration analysis.

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## Status

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## Connect

Published as `https://github.com/J8k3/aws-payment-cryptography-mcp/releases/download/v1.2.0/aws-payment-cryptography-mcp-1.2.0.mcpb` on mcpb. Runs locally.

## Known issues

**30 problems reported by people outside the maintainer team.** Issues filed by the project's own owners, members and collaborators are excluded — those are release checklists and internal refactors, not things that will go wrong for you. Showing 12.

### Most discussed

### [kb] Thales/Atalla compatibility bridge for Futurex Standard/International command field syntax

## Contribution Type
kb_entry

## Source
CyberChef-Payments (Futurex General Payment HSM IG PDF cross-referenced with public Thales payShield manuals)

## Content to Add

BRIDGE: obtain field-level syntax for Futurex's STANDARD and INTERNATIONAL command families without Futurex docs access.

Futurex "Standard" (numeric) and "International" command families are Thales payShield / Atalla-COMPATIBLE. Proven from the public General Payment HSM IG PDF: Standard numeric codes match Thales/Atalla verba

[Read the thread](https://github.com/J8k3/aws-payment-cryptography-mcp/issues/38) · 2026-07-11 · closed · 1 comment

### [kb] Authoritative Futurex names for 61 device-confirmed Excrypt commands (+ RSAR correction)

## Contribution Type
kb_entry

## Source
docs.futurex.com Host API command tables (via /llms-full.txt), filtered to the device-confirmed Excrypt code set

## Content to Add

Authoritative Futurex NAMES for the 61 Excrypt command codes that are BOTH documented at docs.futurex.com AND present in the real device config enabled-command list (companion 272-code finding). These are high-confidence: authoritative name + confirmed-real code. Use to name/validate the MCP Futurex registry.

  ADPK = PKI D

[Read the thread](https://github.com/J8k3/aws-payment-cryptography-mcp/issues/35) · 2026-07-11 · closed · 1 comment

### [kb] CORRECTION: docs.futurex.com IS mineable via /llms-full.txt (Mintlify) — supersedes not-crawlable note

## Contribution Type
apc_constraint

## Source
CyberChef-Payments Futurex parser — docs mining

## Content to Add

Updates the earlier sourcing-landscape finding that called docs.futurex.com "a JS-rendered SPA, not crawlable." It IS crawlable — docs.futurex.com is a Mintlify site, so:

  https://docs.futurex.com/llms-full.txt   -> ~7.5 MB of the ENTIRE docs as markdown, each page preceded by "Source: <url>". Contains the Host API command-reference tables as HTML <table> blocks: <td><strong>CODE<

[Read the thread](https://github.com/J8k3/aws-payment-cryptography-mcp/issues/34) · 2026-07-11 · closed · 1 comment

### [kb] Futurex asymmetric key-exchange command tag maps + enum token tables

## Contribution Type
kb_entry

## Source
CyberChef-Payments Futurex parser (aws-samples public key-exchange sample .../key_exchange/hsm/futurex/commands.py)

## Content to Add

Command-scoped Excrypt tag maps for the asymmetric key-exchange set, from a public code sample whose function signatures name each parameter and whose enum tables decode the values. SINGLE SOURCE, MEDIUM confidence, not verified against the Futurex TRM. Only tags bound to a named param / response token / enum are listed; 

[Read the thread](https://github.com/J8k3/aws-payment-cryptography-mcp/issues/33) · 2026-07-11 · closed · 1 comment

### [kb] Authoritative Futurex Excrypt command-code set (272 codes) from a device config report

## Contribution Type
kb_entry

## Source
Futurex HSM device ConfigurationReport (Excrypt Touch, FW 7.4.1) — role Permissions listing

## Content to Add

Ground-truth set of Excrypt command CODES on a real Futurex HSM, from the role "Permissions" list in a device Configuration Report (each entry "Excrypt:<CODE>"). Authoritative for CODE EXISTENCE only (not names, not tag syntax).

272 codes (general-purpose profile; PAYMENT/EMV commands like EMVA/EMVG/EMVM/GCAV/GDCV/VEMI are absent because the pa

[Read the thread](https://github.com/J8k3/aws-payment-cryptography-mcp/issues/32) · 2026-07-11 · closed · 1 comment

### Most recent

### [kb] Add Futurex Excrypt GCVV (Generate CVV/CVC) command to registry

## Contribution Type
hsm_command

## Target File
hsm_analysis.py  — ALL_COMMANDS list

## Source
CyberChef-Payments Futurex parser enrichment (github.com/kakubila/jpos-excrypt-interface)

## Content to Add

HsmCommand(
    vendor="Futurex",
    api="Excrypt",
    command_code="GCVV",
    name="Generate CVV or CVC Value",
    category="CVV",
    description="Generates a card verification value (CVV/CVC/iCVV) from PAN, expiry, and service code under a card-verification key pair (CVK-A/CVK-B).",
  

[Read the thread](https://github.com/J8k3/aws-payment-cryptography-mcp/issues/28) · 2026-07-10 · closed · 0 comments

### [kb] Futurex Excrypt CPIN/EPIN commands + AF tag + GF status (from live VirtuCrypt integration; registry gap)

## Contribution Type
hsm_command — hsm_analysis.py ALL_COMMANDS

## Source
CyberChef-Payments Futurex parser enrichment; primary source: github.com/HoracioME/testms api-base-main/app/common/services/hsm_service.py @ 04fcff7 (a live VirtuCrypt integration). VirtuCrypt is Futurex's hosted cloud HSM and uses the same Excrypt command language, so these are genuine Excrypt commands, not vendor-specific.

## Confidence
MEDIUM. Single public source (real integration code, not the Futurex TRM/firmware).

[Read the thread](https://github.com/J8k3/aws-payment-cryptography-mcp/issues/27) · 2026-07-10 · closed · 1 comment

### [kb] Futurex Excrypt key-exchange wire format: framing + tag map (medium confidence, from AWS public sample)

## Contribution Type
kb_entry

## Target File
payment-knowledge-base.md

## Source
apc-hsm-proxy (futurex.rs) + aws-samples/samples-for-payment-cryptography-service (commands.py)

## Content to Add

topic: Futurex Excrypt key-exchange wire format (tags + wrap commands)
confidence: medium
source: AWS public sample — aws-samples/samples-for-payment-cryptography-service, key_exchange/hsm/futurex/commands.py; framing corroborated by apc-hsm-proxy src/protocol/futurex.rs
verification: SINGLE SOURCE (

[Read the thread](https://github.com/J8k3/aws-payment-cryptography-mcp/issues/21) · 2026-07-05 · closed · 0 comments

### [kb] APC key import/export constraints: HMAC needs AES-256 KEK; RSA-wrap only TDES/AES-128; CA >= child cert

## Contribution Type
apc_constraint

## Target File
AGENTS.md — Key Constraints section

## Source
aws-samples/samples-for-payment-cryptography-service `migration_guidance/payshield-command-mapping.md` + `key_exchange/utils/apc.py` (verified verbatim)

## Content to Add
- **HMAC keys** — "HMAC require use of TR-31 optional header HM and can only be imported protected by AES-256 KEK." On export the service auto-adds HM; the KEK must be AES-256.
- **RSA-wrapped (KEY_CRYPTOGRAM / OAEP)** — supports

[Read the thread](https://github.com/J8k3/aws-payment-cryptography-mcp/issues/20) · 2026-07-05 · closed · 0 comments

### [kb] APC VerifyAuthRequestCryptogram: Visa (Scheme 0/CVN17) and Amex (Scheme 2) do not use ATC or UN

## Contribution Type
apc_constraint

## Target File
AGENTS.md — Key Constraints section

## Source
aws-samples/samples-for-payment-cryptography-service `migration_guidance/payshield-command-mapping.md` (verified against source)

## Content to Add
For `VerifyAuthRequestCryptogram`:
- **Visa (Scheme 0, VIS / CVN17)** — MajorKeyDerivationMode=A, SessionKeyDerivation=Visa. "This algorithm does not use ATC or UN despite being mandatory fields in the payShield interface, hence they are not available i

[Read the thread](https://github.com/J8k3/aws-payment-cryptography-mcp/issues/19) · 2026-07-05 · closed · 0 comments

### [kb] BU (Generate a Key Check Value) upgraded: verified against PUGD0537-004 Rev A Core Host Commands — key-block form, KCV methods, authorization rule

## Contribution Type
hsm_command

## Target File
hsm_analysis.py  — ALL_COMMANDS list

## Source
apc-hsm-proxy hsm_probe (PR #46 / issue #15)

## Content to Add

Update the existing BU entry (currently "EFTlab source — reference quality", confidence medium):

- vendor/api: it is a payShield 10K **Core** host command — PUGD0537-004 Rev A, "Generate a check value for a key encrypted under an LMK pair" (BU, response BV) — not only an International/EFTlab reference.
- confidence: high (verified agai

[Read the thread](https://github.com/J8k3/aws-payment-cryptography-mcp/issues/18) · 2026-07-03 · closed · 0 comments

### [kb] JU and KU (issuer-script MAC, mode 0) are now functional handlers in apc-hsm-proxy — add to _PROXY_HANDLERS thales_payshield

## Contribution Type
proxy_handler

## Target File
hsm_tools.py     — _PROXY_HANDLERS dict

## Source
apc-hsm-proxy issuer_script_mac.rs (PR #45, closes #24)

## Content to Add

        "JU", "KU",                        # Issuer-script MAC (mode 0 integrity, via GenerateMac/EmvMac)

## Context
Mode 0 (integrity) only: JU scheme '1' (UnionPay CUP 4.2) and KU schemes '0'/'1'/'2'/'5' (Visa VIS, Mastercard M/Chip, Amex AEIPS, JCB CVN04). Still gated: KY (IV-SMI/key-tree not modelled by APC EmvMac),

[Read the thread](https://github.com/J8k3/aws-payment-cryptography-mcp/issues/17) · 2026-07-03 · closed · 0 comments

[See all 16 reports Pod holds for AWS Payment Cryptography](/mcp/aws-payment-cryptography/issues) — of 30 qualified upstream.

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