ToolTrust
C27/100
apify

apify-mcp-server

mcp0.13.0

@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 | 41 findings | Scanned 7/28/2026 | tooltrust-scanner/v0.3.19 | 2.3k

1 Critical7 Low33 Info

Risk Summary

Needs Approval

Excessive Permissions plus Dep Visibility raises enough risk that this tool should not be auto-trusted.

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

Recommended action: Keep this tool behind manual approval and avoid unattended runs until the risky capabilities are narrowed or removed.

Suggested policy: keep this tool behind manual approval, do not allow unattended runs, and re-scan after narrowing risky permissions.

Security Findings (41)

  • CriticalAS-006

    💻Arbitrary Code Execution

    heuristic signal

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

    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.

  • 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.

  • InfoAS-002

    ⚠️Excessive Permissions ×16

    declared capabilities: code/command execution, network access, filesystem access

    TaskBash

    declared capabilities: filesystem access

    GlobGrepLSExitPlanModeReadEditMultiEditWriteNotebookEdit

    declared capabilities: network access, filesystem access, HTTP requests

    WebFetch

    declared capabilities: code/command execution, network access, filesystem access, database access

    TodoWrite

    declared capabilities: network access, database access, HTTP requests

    WebSearch

    declared capabilities: code/command execution

    BashOutputKillBash

    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.

  • InfoAS-006

    💻Arbitrary Code Execution

    Grep:tool name or description implies arbitrary script/code execution — capability unconfirmed (no exec permission or code/script/eval input property found)

    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.

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