# ssh-mcp MCP Server

MCP gateway for controlled SSH access with per-client auth, command policies, and audit logging.

**Publisher claimed.** No tool list reported, and Pod has not connected to this server.

## Status

Pod has not dialled ssh-mcp yet, so everything on this page is what its publisher reported rather than what we observed. Registries describe servers; they do not connect to them. Until a check runs, treat the tool list below as a claim.

## Connect

Published as `ghcr.io/gelse/ssh-mcp:0.2.2` on oci. Runs locally.

## Known issues

**20 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

### Add Content Security Policy headers to SPA

**Summary:** The SPA at `index.html:1` does not set a Content Security Policy (CSP) header or `<meta>` tag. Without CSP, any XSS vulnerability grants full script execution capability. A CSP provides defense-in-depth by restricting script execution to trusted origins.

**Severity:** SUGGESTION (Low Priority)

**Affected file(s):** `config-api/config_api/ui/index.html` (line 1)

**Recommendation:** Add a CSP via `<meta>` tag or, preferably, via HTTP response header from FastAPI: `Content-Security-

[Read the thread](https://github.com/gelse/ssh-mcp/issues/20) · 2026-08-27 · closed · 1 comment

### Escape dynamic values in showModal innerHTML template literals

**Summary:** In the target edit modal at `index.html:498`, `target.port` is interpolated directly into a template literal assigned to `innerHTML`. If an attacker could inject a malicious value for the port field, it would execute as HTML/JS in the admin's browser.

**Severity:** WARNING (High Priority)

**Affected file(s):** `config-api/config_api/ui/index.html` (line 498)

**Recommendation:** Use `escapeHtml()` when interpolating any dynamic values into `innerHTML` template literals: `value="${

[Read the thread](https://github.com/gelse/ssh-mcp/issues/19) · 2026-08-27 · closed · 1 comment

### Replace sessionStorage with HttpOnly cookie for auth token storage

**Summary:** The auth token is stored in `sessionStorage` at `index.html:55`, which persists across page reloads and is accessible to any JavaScript on the same origin. If any XSS vulnerability exists, an attacker can exfiltrate the token. There is no token expiration, no idle timeout, and no server-side session invalidation.

**Severity:** WARNING (Medium Priority)

**Affected file(s):** `config-api/config_api/ui/index.html` (line 55)

**Recommendation:** Consider storing the token in an `HttpO

[Read the thread](https://github.com/gelse/ssh-mcp/issues/18) · 2026-08-27 · closed · 1 comment

### Self-host Tailwind CSS or add SRI hash to prevent supply chain attacks

**Summary:** The SPA at `index.html:7` loads Tailwind CSS from an external CDN (`https://cdn.tailwindcss.com`) without a Subresource Integrity (SRI) hash. If the CDN is compromised, malicious JavaScript could be injected into the admin dashboard — the highest-privilege interface in the system.

**Severity:** WARNING (High Priority)

**Affected file(s):** `config-api/config_api/ui/index.html` (line 7)

**Recommendation:** Either self-host Tailwind CSS (e.g., build a static CSS file during Docker 

[Read the thread](https://github.com/gelse/ssh-mcp/issues/17) · 2026-08-27 · closed · 1 comment

### Set explicit 0o600 permissions on backup file creation

**Summary:** Backup file creation at `config_service.py:685` uses `os.fdopen(fd, "wb")` without explicitly setting `0o600`. If the umask is permissive (e.g., `0o022`), backup files may be world-readable and contain full configuration including secret field placeholders.

**Severity:** SUGGESTION (Low Priority)

**Affected file(s):** `config-api/config_api/config_service.py` (line 685)

**Recommendation:** Explicitly set `0o600` permissions on the backup file. Pass `0o600` as the mode to `os.open

[Read the thread](https://github.com/gelse/ssh-mcp/issues/15) · 2026-08-27 · closed · 1 comment

### Most recent

### Refactor showModal to avoid accepting raw HTML strings

**Summary:** The edit target modal uses showModal() which accepts bodyHtml as raw HTML and assigns it via innerHTML. While the current template only interpolates target.port (a number), the pattern is fragile and future additions of dynamic values would need manual escaping.

**Severity:** WARNING (Medium Priority)

**Affected file(s):** config-api/config_api/ui/index.html (lines 109, 486-518)

**Recommendation:** Refactor showModal() to accept either a DOM element or a function that creates DOM

[Read the thread](https://github.com/gelse/ssh-mcp/issues/24) · 2026-08-27 · closed · 0 comments

### Escape dynamic values in showModal innerHTML template literals

**Summary:** In the target edit modal at index.html:498, target.port is interpolated directly into a template literal assigned to innerHTML. If an attacker could inject a malicious value for the port field, it would execute as HTML/JS in the admin browser.

**Severity:** WARNING (High Priority)

**Affected file(s):** config-api/config_api/ui/index.html (line 498)

**Recommendation:** Use escapeHtml() when interpolating any dynamic values into innerHTML template literals. Apply this pattern to AL

[Read the thread](https://github.com/gelse/ssh-mcp/issues/23) · 2026-08-27 · closed · 0 comments

### Replace sessionStorage with HttpOnly cookie for auth token storage

**Summary:** The auth token is stored in sessionStorage which persists across page reloads and is accessible to any JavaScript on the same origin. If any XSS vulnerability exists, an attacker can exfiltrate the token. There is no token expiration, no idle timeout, and no server-side session invalidation.

**Severity:** WARNING (Medium Priority)

**Affected file(s):** config-api/config_api/ui/index.html (line 55)

**Recommendation:** Consider storing the token in an HttpOnly cookie (requires Same

[Read the thread](https://github.com/gelse/ssh-mcp/issues/22) · 2026-08-27 · closed · 0 comments

### Self-host Tailwind CSS or add SRI hash to prevent supply chain attacks

**Summary:** The SPA loads Tailwind CSS from an external CDN (cdn.tailwindcss.com) without a Subresource Integrity (SRI) hash. If the CDN is compromised, malicious JavaScript could be injected into the admin dashboard.

**Severity:** WARNING (High Priority)

**Affected file(s):** config-api/config_api/ui/index.html (line 7)

**Recommendation:** Either self-host Tailwind CSS (e.g., build a static CSS file during Docker build) or add an SRI hash. Self-hosting is preferred for a security-sensitive 

[Read the thread](https://github.com/gelse/ssh-mcp/issues/21) · 2026-08-27 · closed · 0 comments

### Avoid leaking MCP client connection details in error messages

**Summary:** `MCPClientError` at `mcp_client.py:139` messages include the base URL and underlying exception details. This error is caught in `config_service.py:307` and surfaced as `MCP server unreachable: {e}` to the API consumer.

**Severity:** SUGGESTION (Low Priority)

**Affected file(s):** `config-api/config_api/mcp_client.py` (line 139), `config-api/config_api/config_service.py` (line 307)

**Recommendation:** Log the full error server-side and return only "MCP server unreachable" to the A

[Read the thread](https://github.com/gelse/ssh-mcp/issues/16) · 2026-08-27 · open · 0 comments

### Sanitize user input reflected in Config API error responses

**Summary:** The error message at `routes.py:864` and `931` reflects user-controlled `section` path parameter verbatim into the JSON response. This could cause log injection if logs are consumed by external tools.

**Severity:** SUGGESTION (Low Priority)

**Affected file(s):** `config-api/config_api/routes.py` (lines 864, 931)

**Recommendation:** Validate that `section` matches `^[a-zA-Z_]+$ ` before reflecting it, or use a fixed error message that does not include user input.

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[Read the thread](https://github.com/gelse/ssh-mcp/issues/14) · 2026-08-27 · open · 0 comments

### Enforce body size limits beyond Content-Length header check

**Summary:** The body size limit for `PUT /config` at `routes.py:779` relies solely on the `Content-Length` header. In HTTP/2, `Content-Length` may be absent or unreliable. A chunked or streamed request body exceeding 1 MB would bypass this check.

**Severity:** WARNING (Medium Priority)

**Affected file(s):** `config-api/config_api/routes.py` (line 779)

**Recommendation:** Also enforce the limit at the ASGI/body level by adding a custom middleware that tracks accumulated body bytes, or by usin

[Read the thread](https://github.com/gelse/ssh-mcp/issues/13) · 2026-08-27 · open · 0 comments

[See all 16 reports Pod holds for ssh-mcp](/mcp/ssh-mcp/issues) — of 20 qualified upstream.

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