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MCP-Scan

Snyk · AI Model & Agent Security

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Open SourceCompany

MCP-Scan checks installed MCP servers' tool descriptions for injected instructions and changes since approval and can proxy traffic for runtime guardrails.

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What it does2 capabilities · 1 at full coverage

1 of 2 at full coverage.

AI Agent & MCP Server GovernancePartialAI · level 4 · 4 providers
MCP Tool Poisoning DetectionFullAI · level 4 · 2 providers

What it proves9 controls across 3 frameworks

Satisfied through its capabilities, not claimed by the vendor.

Agentic Top 106 / 10ASI02 ASI03 ASI04 ASI05 ASI07 ASI10
LLM Top 102 / 10LLM01:2025 LLM06:2025
AICM1 / 18IAM

What it stops4 techniques · 3 risks

4 techniques countered, 1 of them common

LLM Prompt InjectionAML.T0051Very Common
AI Agent Privilege AbuseEmerging
AI Agent Tool InvocationAML.T0053Emerging
MCP Tool PoisoningEmerging

3 risks reduced

AI application or agent manipulated into harmful action or data leakageHigh
Compromised modelHigh
Ungoverned non-human and AI agent identitiesHigh

Where it runs2 phases · 1 way to deploy

Capabilities per lifecycle phase

Deploy1
Operate2

How it is delivered

CLI tool

What it unlocks1 activity · reaches level 4

Program activities its capabilities support, reaching level 4. Supporting an activity is not completing it.

Level 4

Least-agency agents and governed MCP toolsMedium effort

How it holds up

Not assessed yet: no strengths, limits or evaluation scores. 47 of 340 products carry an assessment and 29 are scored.

What it costsOpen source (free) · free tier

LicensingOpen source (free)

Priced pernone

BillingFree

Scales withOperating effort only

Total cost

No license cost, but self-support, upgrades, scaling and integration effort must be budgeted as personnel cost.

What it takes to run

No staffing, rollout time or operational commitment recorded.

What it works with1 standard

Standards and formats

Model Context Protocol

What else to look at

No alternative, competitor or family sibling is modeled for it.

What backs this up

No measurement, incident or pipeline using it.

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