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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

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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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 2026-08-27 · open · 0 comments

See all 16 reports Pod holds for ssh-mcp — of 20 qualified upstream.

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