ToolTrust
C29/100
Smithery

smithery-ai-github

mcpsmithery

@Smithery

Access the GitHub API, enabling file operations, repository management, search functionality, and more.

By Smithery | 94 findings | Scanned 4/19/2026 | tooltrust-scanner/v0.3.8

16 High18 Medium27 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 (94)

  • HighAS-002

    ⚠️Excessive Permissions ×16

    tool declares network permission

    search_repositoriessearch_codesearch_userssearch_issuesget_pull_requestupdate_pull_requestlist_pull_requestsmerge_pull_requestget_pull_request_filesget_pull_request_statusupdate_pull_request_branchget_pull_request_commentscreate_pull_requestget_pull_request_review_commentscreate_pull_request_review_comment

    tool declares exec permission

    create_repository

    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 ×18

    tool declares fs permission

    search_codecreate_issuelist_issuesupdate_issueget_repositorycreate_or_update_filecreate_repositoryget_file_contentsfork_repositorycreate_branchpush_filesupdate_pull_requestlist_pull_requestsget_pull_request_filesupdate_pull_request_branchcreate_pull_requestget_pull_request_review_commentscreate_pull_request_review_comment

    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 ×19

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

    search_repositoriessearch_codesearch_usersadd_issue_commentsearch_issuescreate_issueupdate_issuecreate_repositoryget_pull_requestupdate_pull_requestlist_pull_requestsmerge_pull_requestget_pull_request_filesget_pull_request_statusupdate_pull_request_branchget_pull_request_commentscreate_pull_requestget_pull_request_review_commentscreate_pull_request_review_comment

    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 ×8

    tool declares http permission

    add_issue_commentcreate_issueupdate_issueupdate_pull_requestmerge_pull_requestcreate_pull_requestcreate_pull_request_review_comment

    input schema exposes 11 properties (threshold: 10)

    create_pull_request_review_comment

    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 ×33

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

    search_repositoriessearch_codesearch_usersget_issueadd_issue_commentsearch_issuescreate_issuelist_issuesupdate_issueget_issue_commentsget_repositoryget_commitlist_commitslist_branchescreate_or_update_filecreate_repositoryget_file_contentsfork_repositorycreate_branchlist_tagsget_tagpush_filesget_pull_requestupdate_pull_requestlist_pull_requestsmerge_pull_requestget_pull_request_filesget_pull_request_statusupdate_pull_request_branchget_pull_request_commentscreate_pull_requestget_pull_request_review_commentscreate_pull_request_review_comment

    Fix: Review and remediate the identified issue.

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