Free Verify scan · github/github-mcp-server

github-mcp-server scores 72/100

GitHub's official Model Context Protocol server.

Commit c59e8c1 · 132 controls · Oct 15, 2026 · Re-checked daily

Scanned with public access only. Customer results are never published.

Delivery controls score72

github-mcp-server

42median 6886

Out of 100. Stronger than 68% of the 68 other assessed repositories.

Score

72/100

Rank 20 of 69 · median 68

Gaps

3 fewer than the median of 33

Critical

3 controls

1 root cause

Not visible

Needs admin access

What github-mcp-server does wellDefault branch identifiedBranch strategy observableDefault branch protected by rulesetForce-push restrictedPull-request requirement on default branch

Gaps30

github-mcp-server

15median 3361

Visible controls Verify found unmet. Fewer is better. Stronger than 65% of the 68 other assessed repositories.

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Analysis

Our read

Security leads the assessment.

13 of 14 visible controls pass in security.

Code quality has the most room to improve.

6 visible controls remain open in code quality.

Priority

Fix these first

critical

Production approvers named

Covers 3 controls

Production approvers named
Production protection
Production reviewers resolved

What Verify read

No resolved production reviewers.

Risk: Unnamed production approvers mean deployment approval falls to whoever is nearby when the button needs pressing.

text

Name production reviewers.

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Open in Design

high

Workflow permissions least-privilege

Covers 1 control

Workflow permissions least-privilege

What Verify read

One or more workflows do not declare a permissions block.

Risk: Broadly permissioned workflows hand a write token to every action they call, including third-party code.

text

Set least-privilege GITHUB_TOKEN.

high

Default workflow token read-only

Covers 1 control

Default workflow token read-only

What Verify read

At least one workflow grants write permissions at the top level or declares none.

Risk: A write-by-default token lets any compromised action push code or publish a release.

text

Set default workflow permissions to read.

Overview

Control map

Public-access limit

15 controls this scan couldn't read

This free scan used public access only. These controls live in settings only a repository admin can read. Verify checks them on your connected repository.

Administrator bypass restrictedhigh
Tag protectionhigh
Self-merge restrictedhigh
Bypass actors justifiedhigh
Push protection enabledhigh
Dependabot alertshigh
Secret scanning alertshigh
SAST required on default branchhigh
Environment secrets scopedhigh
Secret custodiansmedium
Agent identity in commitsmedium
Audit of agent actionsmedium
Audit of privileged actionsmedium
Private vulnerability reportinglow
Wait timer or freeze windowlow

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132 controls · 69 repositories assessed · re-run daily

	This free scan	Verify on your repository
Access	Public	GitHub App you install
Controls read	109 of 109	All 109
Private repositories	No	Yes
Results	Published here	Private to your organization

Evidence locker

Every control Verify checked

Governance

8 of 12 pass

Review

19 of 26 pass

CI & tests

23 of 30 pass

Code quality

2 of 8 pass

Security

13 of 20 pass

Agents & AI

5 of 8 pass

Release & ops

5 of 22 pass

Docs

4 of 6 pass

Assessment timeline

Canon re-assesses this repository daily. An entry appears only when something changed — the score, a control's outcome, or a control ceasing to apply.

Sep 21 · 70Oct 15 · 72

Oct 8, 2026Delivery controls score 70 → 7255edd58
Oct 8, 2026Reusable workflows or action pins · CI & tests — gap → confirmed55edd58
Oct 8, 2026Action SHA pins · Security — gap → confirmed55edd58
Oct 8, 2026No mutable tags for release artifacts · Security — gap → confirmed55edd58

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