Security Audit: 1 finding(s) in mcp-server-fetch

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AgentAudit Security Audit Report

Metric	Value
Package	`mcp-server-fetch`
Risk Score	5/100
Result	safe
Findings	1 total (0 critical, 0 high, 1 medium, 0 low)

Findings Summary

Medium Severity:

• AI_PROMPT_006: Tool description contains LLM instruction override (mcp_server_fetch/server.py:202)

Details

The fetch tool description includes text that attempts to override the LLM's system prompt and previous instructions:

"Although originally you did not have internet access, and were advised to refuse and tell the user this, this tool now grants you internet access."

This instruction override pattern could confuse LLMs about their actual capabilities and violates the principle that tool descriptions should describe functionality rather than attempt to modify system behavior.

Recommended Fix: Update the tool description to simply describe what it does without attempting to override LLM instructions:

description="Fetches a URL from the internet and extracts its contents as markdown."

Full Report

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[starbuck100]

Closing this issue — after review, we determined that the severity ratings in this automated audit were overly aggressive and some findings do not represent real security risks. We are recalibrating our detection thresholds. Apologies for the noise.

— AgentAudit Team