# mongo-scout-mcp MCP Server

Scout your MongoDB databases with AI - safety features, live monitoring, and data quality

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## Connect

Published as `mongo-scout-mcp` on npm. Runs locally.

## Known issues

**22 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

### sec: redact connection strings in error output and logs

## Summary

The MongoDB connection URI (which may contain credentials) is exposed in multiple ways:

1. **Process arguments**: Visible in `/proc/<pid>/cmdline` on Linux since the URI is passed as a CLI argument
2. **Error messages**: MongoDB error messages often include the URI and are written to stderr without redaction in `src/index.ts`
3. **Log files**: `logToolUsage` in `src/utils/logger.ts` writes full tool arguments to disk without sanitization

## Proposed Fix

1. Support `MONGODB_URI` en

[Read the thread](https://github.com/bluwork/mongo-scout-mcp/issues/37) · 2026-02-27 · closed · 1 comment

### sec: enforce upper bounds on query result limits

## Summary

Several tools have no maximum cap on the `limit` parameter:

| Tool | Default | Max enforced |
|---|---|---|
| `find` | 10 | **None** |
| `textSearch` | 10 | **None** |
| `exportCollection` | none | **None** |
| `findRecent` | 100 | **None** |
| `findInTimeRange` | 100 | **None** |
| `inferSchema` (sampleSize) | 100 | **None** |

An agent could request `limit: 10000000`, causing memory exhaustion or excessive data transfer.

## Proposed Fix

Add `.max()` to all Zod limit/sampleSize s

[Read the thread](https://github.com/bluwork/mongo-scout-mcp/issues/35) · 2026-02-27 · closed · 1 comment

### fix: security gaps in profiler filters, projections, monitoring bounds, export limits, field names, and logging

## Security Findings

Six verified vulnerabilities ranging from High to Low-Medium severity.

### 1. HIGH — getProfilerStats accepts raw filters without operator blocking
- `monitoring.ts:~485`: `filter` passed directly to `.find(filter)` without `preprocessQuery()` / `assertNoDangerousOperators()`
- Allows `$where`/`$function`/`$accumulator`/`$eval` in profiler queries

### 2. HIGH — cloneCollection/exportCollection/analyzeQueryPerformance: unvalidated projections
- `data-quality.ts:~318`: proj

[Read the thread](https://github.com/bluwork/mongo-scout-mcp/issues/45) · 2026-02-28 · closed · 0 comments

### sec: validate nested collection name params (relationshipMapper)

## Summary

Follow-up from #34 / PR #42.

`wrapServerWithNameValidation` validates top-level collection name params, but `relationshipMapper` in `src/tools/data-quality.ts` accepts `foreignCollection` nested inside `relationships[]`:

```typescript
relationships: z.array(z.object({
  localField: z.string(),
  foreignCollection: z.string(),  // nested — not caught by wrapper
  foreignField: z.string(),
  as: z.string().optional(),
})),
```

A payload like `{ relationships: [{ foreignCollection: "

[Read the thread](https://github.com/bluwork/mongo-scout-mcp/issues/43) · 2026-02-27 · closed · 0 comments

### sec: preprocess textSearch filter consistently

## Summary

In `src/tools/advanced-operations.ts`, the `textSearch` tool spreads user-provided `filter` directly into the query without passing it through `preprocessQuery()`:

```typescript
const query: any = { $text: { $search: searchText } };
if (filter) Object.assign(query, filter);
```

Every other tool that accepts a filter runs it through `preprocessQuery()` first. This inconsistency means:
- ObjectId string-to-ObjectId conversion does not happen for textSearch filters
- Any future filter

[Read the thread](https://github.com/bluwork/mongo-scout-mcp/issues/36) · 2026-02-27 · closed · 0 comments

### Most recent

### sec: block dangerous MongoDB query operators ($where, $function, $accumulator)

## Summary

No tool in the codebase blocks dangerous MongoDB query operators that enable **arbitrary server-side JavaScript execution**. The following operators pass through unchecked to the MongoDB server:

| Operator | Where it can appear | Risk |
|---|---|---|
| `$where` | Any filter/query | Executes arbitrary JS on the MongoDB server |
| `$function` | Aggregation `$expr`, `$addFields` | Executes arbitrary JS on the MongoDB server |
| `$accumulator` | Aggregation `$group` | Executes arbitrary

[Read the thread](https://github.com/bluwork/mongo-scout-mcp/issues/31) · 2026-02-27 · closed · 0 comments

### sec: block write-capable aggregation stages ($out, $merge) in pipeline validator

## Problem

The `aggregate` tool is registered as a read operation, making it available in read-only mode. However, users can pass write-capable aggregation stages (`$out`, `$merge`) through it, effectively bypassing read-only enforcement.

The pipeline validator (`src/utils/pipeline-validator.ts`) currently only validates stage count and expensive stage limits — it does not check for write-capable stages.

## Impact

- In read-only mode, a user (or an AI assistant via prompt injection) could ex

[Read the thread](https://github.com/bluwork/mongo-scout-mcp/issues/29) · 2026-02-27 · closed · 0 comments

### Log logger failures to stderr instead of silently swallowing them

## Problem

In `src/utils/logger.ts` (lines 18, 31, 51), all file I/O errors during logging are silently swallowed:

```typescript
} catch (error) {
  // Silently fail - logging is non-critical
}
```

While the comment notes that logging is non-critical, completely silent failures make it impossible to diagnose logging system problems — such as filesystem permission issues, disk-full conditions, or misconfigured log directories.

## Fix

At minimum, write a single `console.error` (or `process.st

[Read the thread](https://github.com/bluwork/mongo-scout-mcp/issues/23) · 2026-02-07 · closed · 0 comments

### Validate admin command parameters, not just command names

## Problem

In `src/tools/monitoring.ts:210-228`, `runAdminCommand` checks the command name against a whitelist but does not validate the command's parameters:

```typescript
const commandName = Object.keys(command)[0]?.toLowerCase();
if (!commandName || !allowedCommands.includes(commandName)) {
  // blocked
}
// But no validation of command[commandName] contents
```

While the whitelist limits which commands can run, whitelisted commands may still accept dangerous nested parameters that could h

[Read the thread](https://github.com/bluwork/mongo-scout-mcp/issues/22) · 2026-02-07 · closed · 0 comments

### Set up CI with GitHub Actions

## Problem

There is no CI/CD configuration in the project — no GitHub Actions, no automated testing on PRs, no release pipeline. Combined with the lack of tests, this means regressions can ship silently.

## Recommendation

1. Add a basic GitHub Actions workflow that runs on PRs and pushes to main:
   - `pnpm install`
   - `pnpm build` (TypeScript compilation check)
   - `tsc --noEmit` (type checking)
   - `pnpm test` (once tests exist)
   - Lint check (ESLint)
2. Consider adding a release work

[Read the thread](https://github.com/bluwork/mongo-scout-mcp/issues/21) · 2026-02-07 · closed · 0 comments

### Add complexity limits for aggregation pipelines

## Problem

In `src/tools/document.ts:97`, the `aggregate` tool accepts arbitrary pipeline arrays with no validation of depth or stage count:

```typescript
const result = await db.collection(collection).aggregate(pipeline, options).toArray();
```

A deeply nested or excessively complex pipeline could exhaust MongoDB server resources (CPU, memory), acting as a potential DoS vector — especially in a context where an AI assistant constructs pipelines.

## Recommendation

1. Cap the maximum number 

[Read the thread](https://github.com/bluwork/mongo-scout-mcp/issues/20) · 2026-02-07 · closed · 0 comments

### Add try/finally for aggregation cursor cleanup in data-quality tools

## Problem

In `src/tools/data-quality.ts` (~line 1253), aggregation cursors in `findOrphans` and similar functions are not wrapped in try/finally blocks:

```typescript
const orphans = await collectionObj.aggregate(pipeline).toArray();
const countResult = await collectionObj.aggregate(countPipeline).toArray();
```

While `toArray()` closes the cursor on success, if an error occurs mid-execution (e.g., network timeout), the cursor could leak on the MongoDB server, eventually leading to resource 

[Read the thread](https://github.com/bluwork/mongo-scout-mcp/issues/19) · 2026-02-07 · closed · 0 comments

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