ToolTrust
D65/100
apify

apify-mcp-server

mcp0.10.11

@apify

The Apify MCP server enables your AI agents to extract data from social media, search engines, maps, e-commerce sites, or any other website using thousands of ready-made scrapers, crawlers, and automation tools available on the Apify Store.

By apify | 52 findings | Scanned 6/3/2026 | tooltrust-scanner/v0.3.13 | 1.3k

2 Critical10 High15 Medium9 Low16 Info

Risk Summary

Block in Production

Excessive Permissions + Dep Visibility risk is significant. Avoid using this in production agents.

Potential impact: The agent may gain overly broad access to files, network, databases, or execution capabilities.

Recommended action: This tool should stay disabled in production agents until the flagged risks are fixed and the scan is clean.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify-mcp-server": {
      "disabled": true
    }
  }
}

Security Findings (52)

  • CriticalAS-006

    💻Arbitrary Code Execution ×2

    heuristic signal

    tool name or description implies arbitrary script/code execution (evaluate_script, execute javascript, etc.)

    BashGrep

    Fix: This tool can execute arbitrary code or shell commands on the host system. Remove it unless strictly required. If kept: (1) restrict access to trusted users/agents only, (2) require human approval before each invocation (Claude Desktop: set approval_required: true; other clients: enable equivalent confirmation), (3) use the most restrictive sandbox or read-only mode available, and (4) never expose this tool to untrusted input sources.

  • HighAS-002

    ⚠️Excessive Permissions ×10

    tool declares network permission

    TaskBashWebFetchTodoWriteWebSearch

    tool declares exec permission

    TaskBashTodoWriteBashOutputKillBash

    Fix: Tool requests broad permissions (exec/fs/network). Validate input parameters using Enums where possible, and restrict file system operations to explicit allowed directories.

  • MediumAS-002

    ⚠️Excessive Permissions ×15

    tool declares fs permission

    TaskBashGlobGrepLSExitPlanModeReadEditMultiEditWriteNotebookEditWebFetchTodoWrite

    tool declares db permission

    TodoWriteWebSearch

    Fix: Tool requests broad permissions (exec/fs/network). Validate input parameters using Enums where possible, and restrict file system operations to explicit allowed directories.

  • LowAS-011

    ℹ️Missing Rate-Limit / Timeout ×7

    tool performs network or execution operations but declares no rate-limit, timeout, or retry configuration

    TaskBashWebFetchTodoWriteWebSearchBashOutputKillBash

    Fix: Declare explicit rate-limit, timeout, and retry configuration for all network and execution tools. Implement exponential back-off and surface resource state to the calling agent.

  • LowAS-002

    ⚠️Excessive Permissions ×2

    tool declares http permission

    WebFetchWebSearch

    Fix: Tool requests broad permissions (exec/fs/network). Validate input parameters using Enums where possible, and restrict file system operations to explicit allowed directories.

  • InfoAS-014

    ℹ️Dependency Inventory Unavailable ×16

    Tool did not expose metadata.dependencies or repo_url, so supply-chain coverage is limited.

    TaskBashGlobGrepLSExitPlanModeReadEditMultiEditWriteNotebookEditWebFetchTodoWriteWebSearchBashOutputKillBash

    Fix: Review and remediate the identified issue.

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