GPT Researcher MCP Server
by assafelovicAn autonomous agent that conducts deep research on any data using any LLM providers
GPT Researcher is an open-source mcp server by assafelovic, written mainly in Python, with 30,413 GitHub stars and the Apache-2.0 license. Its code was last updated Oct 10, 2026.
Scan summary: scanned Nov 5, 2026 at commit 3582a68. Seen able to run dynamic code, connect to the internet. Scan policy
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3582a68 · Nov 5, 2026 ScannedStatic, secrets and dependency checks completed with no critical findings. BuildsIt installed from a fresh machine.
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Findings (21)
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.secrets issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.secrets issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.secrets issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.dependencies issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.dependencies issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.dependencies issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.dependencies issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.Deserializes data with pickle/marshal, which can execute code.
gpt_researcher/scraper/browser/browser.py:140 - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.Turns off TLS certificate checking, allowing traffic interception.
gpt_researcher/scraper/pymupdf/pymupdf.py:53 - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.python-multipart@0.0.9: 16 known vulnerabilitiesPYSEC-2026-1851, PYSEC-2026-1852, PYSEC-2026-3036, PYSEC-2026-3037, PYSEC-2026-3038 +11 more
backend/requirements.txt - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.httpcore2@2.9.1: 4 known vulnerabilitiesPYSEC-2026-3844, PYSEC-2026-3844, PYSEC-2026-3844, PYSEC-2026-3844
backend/requirements.txt - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.httpx2@2.9.1: 20 known vulnerabilitiesPYSEC-2026-3845, PYSEC-2026-3846, PYSEC-2026-3847, PYSEC-2026-3848, PYSEC-2026-3849 +15 more
backend/requirements.txt - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.orjson@3.9.15: 1 known vulnerabilityPYSEC-2026-107
evals/quality_eval/requirements.txt - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.filelock@3.32.7: 13 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-567q-5qvw-pf92, GHSA-6627-m3xw-93mp, GHSA-69hj-f68j-2879, GHSA-8mx5-7m5m-r77g, GHSA-9c4x-gm8v-wgc4 +8 more
requirements.txt - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.pypdf@6.9.2: 50 known vulnerabilitiesPYSEC-2026-3004, PYSEC-2026-3006, PYSEC-2026-3007, PYSEC-2026-3009, PYSEC-2026-3010 +45 more
requirements.txt - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.setuptools@9.1.0: 4 known vulnerabilitiesPYSEC-2022-43012, PYSEC-2025-49, PYSEC-2026-1918, PYSEC-2026-3447
requirements.txt - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.Install contacted hosts other than package registriesreleases.astral.sh
- mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.MCP server didn't complete the protocol handshakeserver exited early with code 127
- lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key
evals/simple_evals/logs/SimpleQA Eval 100 Problems 2-22-25.txt:103197 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.opentelemetry-api@1.9.1: 1 known vulnerabilityGHSA-xcq7-p3pf-p88h
deep_agents/requirements.txt - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.No manifest declaring network access and environment variables (agent.json)
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