Offense
REMOTE · OFFENSE.SH
Security tools for coding agents: dependency advisory audits and evidence for remediation.
Available components
Last scanned (22 hours ago)
Scores higher than 57% of remote servers
Reachable. Last reached 4 Nov 2026.
Category Security
How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Endpoint Security74
- The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key. View diagnostics → Pass
- No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Partial
- HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path. View diagnostics → Pass
- HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
- DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
Transport & Reachability100
- Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake. View diagnostics → Pass
Schema Quality & AI Usability62
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 272 tokens (~272/item across 1 items; 1 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params. See how to fix → Fail
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management13
- Stability observed for 4 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage100
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 100% of tool parameters carry a description.Pass
- Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.Pass
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 1 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 2 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
- Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass
Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.
- 4 Nov 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 10 to 13. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 3 days of observed history at the previous scan, 4 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 2 Nov 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 3 to 7. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 1 days of observed history at the previous scan, 2 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 1 Nov 26 0
- Stability: unverified → 0.03 ▲ functional
- 31 Oct 26 69
First indexed and scored.
Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.
Captured 4 Nov 2026 · Probed https://offense.sh/mcp
TLS valid
Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .
| Subject | Issuer | Valid from | Valid until | Key | Signature | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN=offense.sh | CN=YE2,O=Let's Encrypt,C=US | 21 Sept 2026 | 20 Dec 2026 | ECDSA 256 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 64c4160e98794108568ce71d814c659bdf7 |
| SANs: *.offense.sh, offense.sh | ||||||
| CN=YE2,O=Let's Encrypt,C=US (CA) | CN=Root YE,O=ISRG,C=US | 3 Sept 2025 | 2 Sept 2028 | ECDSA 384 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 4df3b15dd6c0784c507cd37b58e6f115 |
| CN=Root YE,O=ISRG,C=US (CA) | CN=ISRG Root X2,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US | 13 May 2026 | 2 Sept 2032 | ECDSA 384 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 872165fc34b6e5fba8add5b3705fb53a |
| CN=ISRG Root X2,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US (CA) | CN=ISRG Root X1,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US | 13 May 2026 | 2 Sept 2032 | ECDSA 384 | SHA256-RSA | 6c8f1dc727c7117f7baf853ac980f9cd |
Background: What to check on a remote MCP endpoint →
DNSSEC insecure
Validation of offense.sh. — Not signed
| Zone | DS | Keys | Algorithms | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | trust_anchor | 20326, 38696 | 8, 8 | Verified |
| sh. | present | 34349 | 8 | Verified |
| offense.sh. | absent | Unsigned (proven) parent-signed NSEC/NSEC3 proves an unsigned delegation |
Authentication No authorisation required
The endpoint answered without asking for a token. Anyone who knows the URL can reach it.
| Result | No authorisation required |
|---|---|
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Header | Value |
|---|---|
| x-content-type-options | nosniff |
Background: How OAuth 2.1 works in the 2026 MCP spec →
Transports 2 probes
| Transport | URL | Outcome | Status | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| streamable-http | https://offense.sh/mcp | Verified | 200 | |
| http (plaintext) | http://offense.sh/mcp | HTTPS enforced | 301 | https://offense.sh/mcp |
The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →
offense.audit_dependencies Offense dependency audit ~189
Use Purple to audit sanitized npm/pnpm dependency metadata for known advisory matches and checked upgrade paths. Resume deferred targets with remediation.planning.next while retaining the full scan and coordinating plans across pages. Does not read source, run tests, edit files, confirm exploitability or use a model key.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| files | array | yes | Locally sanitized npm v2/v3 or pnpm v6/v9 lockfile metadata. The server cannot read local paths. Do not send source, credentials or registry URLs. |
| planLimit | integer | – | Maximum affected package/version pairs to plan in this response, highest severity first. Zero scans only. Follow remediation.planning.next for remaining targets; omitted or failed paths remain explic… |
| planning | object | – | Use remediation.planning.next unchanged with the same sanitized files to continue planning. This checks only selected planning targets; retain and merge the original full advisory report. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| capability | – | yes | – |
| coverage | object | yes | – |
| findings | array | yes | – |
| providers | array | yes | – |
| remediation | object | yes | – |
| schemaVersion | – | yes | – |
| status | – | yes | – |
| summary | object | yes | – |
No examples provided.
How do I install the Offense MCP server?
Offense is a hosted endpoint at https://offense.sh/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
remote · offense.sh
claude mcp add --transport http offense-research-offense 'https://offense.sh/mcp'
What is the Offense MCP server?
Offense is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.offense-research/offense. Security tools for coding agents: dependency advisory audits and evidence for remediation. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://offense.sh/mcp).
Is the Offense MCP server safe to use?
Offense scores 71 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.
What tools does the Offense MCP server expose?
Offense exposes 1 tool: offense.audit_dependencies. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 189 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Does the Offense MCP server require authentication?
No. We connected to Offense without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.
Is the Offense MCP server still maintained?
Offense is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 4 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.