# NousResearch/hermes-agent · MCP OSV malware check: response size and npm tag handling

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #54828: MCP OSV malware preflight reads response bodies without a cap
- PR #17716: fix(osv_check): ignore latest tag for scoped npm packages
- PR #54829: fix(security): bound MCP OSV response reads

Members concern the MCP OSV malware preflight check: one issue reports response bodies being read without a size cap, and a related PR proposes bounding those reads. A third PR addresses a separate aspect, ignoring the latest tag for scoped npm packages, so the group spans two adjacent themes within the same component.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.67`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Open related issues

- #54828: MCP OSV malware preflight reads response bodies without a cap

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#17716: fix(osv_check): ignore latest tag for scoped npm packages**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_osv_check.py`, `tools/osv_check.py`
- **#54829: fix(security): bound MCP OSV response reads**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#54795`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_osv_check.py`, `tools/osv_check.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `agent`