MCP server official
Risk level
low
20/100

Ahrefs MCP Server ↗

Ahrefs MCP Server is an officially published MCP server from Ahrefs. Anomity scores its risk at 20 out of 100 (low).

network:outbound credentials:access

Analysis summary

Ahrefs MCP Server is an officially published MCP server from Ahrefs. Anomity scores its risk at 20 out of 100 (low).

Ahrefs' official server brings SEO and search analytics — backlinks, keyword data, rankings, and site audits — into an agent's toolset, so an assistant can research and report on search performance directly.

Capabilities are outbound network access and credential access. Risk is modest: the data is largely about public web properties, and the tools are read-oriented. The practical caution is cost rather than security — API credits are consumed per call, and an agent left to explore a research question can iterate through a great many queries faster than a human would. Rate-limit the key.

Why this entry scored 20 out of 100

This profile starts at the catalog's neutral base of 50. Because the entry is officially published, trust adjusts the score by -40. Declared high-risk capabilities add +10 (capped at +30). It matches no dangerous capability combinations. The clamped result is 20, placing it in the low band.

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Findings

  • Published by the vendor Trust offset
    Contribution to score: -40
  • 1 high-risk capability: credentials:access High
    Contribution to score: +10

Capabilities

Every capability the entry declares, with the security implication of each.

  • network:outbound Outbound network
    Can make outbound network requests. Required for hosted model providers and remote APIs; also the path for data exfiltration if combined with read access.
  • credentials:access Credentials access
    Reads provider API keys, OAuth tokens, or other secrets from the host keychain or environment.