Securing the AI agent supply chain with Cisco's open-source MCP Scanner
· Source: blogs.cisco.com
In short
Cisco has released MCP Scanner, an open-source security tool designed to identify vulnerabilities in Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers before they're integrated into AI systems. The tool addresses supply chain risks in AI agent ecosystems, including tool poisoning attacks, rug pull attacks, and over-privileged tool permissions. MCP Scanner performs contextual and semantic analysis of tool definitions and integrates with Cisco's broader AI Defense platform to provide comprehensive security for agentic AI systems.
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Tags: security, supply-chain, automation, vulnerability, tools, agents