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fix: api keys are stored in plaintext within server in server.json#2532

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fix: api keys are stored in plaintext within server in server.json#2532
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Summary

Fix critical severity security issue in server.json.

Vulnerability

Field Value
ID V-001
Severity CRITICAL
Scanner multi_agent_ai
Rule V-001
File server.json:28

Description: API keys are stored in plaintext within server.json at three separate locations (lines 28, 45, and 59). This configuration file is a standard JSON file with no encryption or access control enforced at the application level. If server.json is accidentally committed to a version control system (e.g., Git), shared on a multi-user system without restrictive file permissions, or included in a build artifact, the API keys become immediately accessible to any party who obtains the file. The CLI setup command at packages/cli/src/commands/setup.ts:100 fetches API keys from the dashboard API and likely writes them to this file.

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  • .gitignore

Verification

  • Build passes
  • Scanner re-scan confirms fix
  • LLM code review passed

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noonuke commented Apr 30, 2026

Code review

Found 1 issue:

  1. This PR appears to be based on a false-positive: server.json contains no plaintext secret values (only metadata like the env var name CONTEXT7_API_KEY plus isSecret: true), so adding server.json to .gitignore doesn’t remediate a real credential leak and is misleading.

context7/server.json

Lines 26 to 32 in 3f288be

"environmentVariables": [
{
"name": "CONTEXT7_API_KEY",
"description": "API key for authentication",
"isRequired": false,
"isSecret": true
}

(Additionally, the PR’s proposed change itself is here:

context7/.gitignore

Lines 174 to 176 in 3f288be

.mcp.json
server.json
.cursor
)

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