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OSINTCyber ThreatMCP serverFirst audited Nov 13, 2026

Cognita

Passive OSINT and security recon: DNS, TLS, email posture, IP reputation, CVE/KEV, CT logs.The vendor's description, from its MCP Registry listing.

Passed, with 1 warningAudited Nov 13, 2026
  • Warning: 51 of 51 tools do not say whether they can change things.

Nothing failed, but there is something to know or fix. Public audit: we connect as an AI client would, list the tools and check what they say. We do not run them. How we audit

Does it work?
YesConnected in 561 ms.
Sign-up?
None neededIt answered without any account or key.
Can it change things?
Doesn't sayIts tools do not say whether they only read, so treat them as able to change things.
Endpointhttps://cognita.fmelo.net/mcp

Website Streamable HTTP · protocol 2025-11-25 · server version 1.0.9786.20433

What we checked, the evidence, and the tools it offers.

What we checked

Security

  • Passed: Connections are encrypted (HTTPS).

  • Passed: No hidden instructions found in tool text.

Safety labels

  • Warning: 51 of 51 tools do not say whether they can change things.

    MCP lets a server label each tool as read-only or destructive, so clients can ask the user before risky calls. Unlabelled tools are treated as able to change things.

    • asn_prefixes
    • cve_triage
    • typosquat_scan
    • email_header_analyzer
    • dns_propagation
    • email_posture
    • ct_org_search
    • geo_route
    • and 43 more

Tools

  • Passed: 51 tools listed.

  • Passed: Every tool describes its inputs with a valid schema.

Protocol

  • Passed: The MCP handshake works (Streamable HTTP).

  • Passed: Protocol version 2025-11-25 (latest).

  • Passed: Unknown requests are refused.

Connection

  • Passed: The server responds.

Tools (51)

As the server describes them. The labels are the server's own: it says whether each tool only reads or can change things.

  • asn_prefixesList the IP prefixes an autonomous system announces (via RIPEstat), with the network holder — the routed footprint of an ASN. Read-only.Doesn't say
  • cve_triagePrioritise a host's internet-exposed CVEs: takes the CVEs from host_exposure (Shodan InternetDB) and enriches each with CISA KEV (confirmed exploited in the wild) and FIRST EPSS (exploit probability)…Doesn't say
  • typosquat_scanGenerate lookalike variants of a domain (omission, transposition, homoglyph, adjacent-key, hyphenation and TLD-swap typos) and report which ones actually resolve in DNS — the registered lookalikes wo…Doesn't say
  • email_header_analyzerParse pasted raw email headers: the Received: delivery path with per-hop delays, the SPF/DKIM/DMARC verdicts, the originating IP, and spoofing warnings. Pure parsing — no network.Doesn't say
  • dns_propagationAsk several independent public resolvers (Google, Cloudflare, DNS.SB, NextDNS) the same record over DNS-over-HTTPS and compare their answers. Returns each resolver's record set and DNS status, whethe…Doesn't say
  • email_postureReport a domain's modern email-security records beyond SPF/DMARC/DKIM: MTA-STS (DNS record + fetched policy: enforce/testing mode, max_age, MX), TLS-RPT (reporting address) and BIMI (brand logo + VMC…Doesn't say
  • ct_org_searchFind the certificates that name an ORGANISATION in Certificate Transparency (via crt.sh) and the distinct registrable domains on them — a link from a company name to its domain footprint, complementi…Doesn't say
  • geo_routeShow the network path from the caller to a target host on a world map: origin (the caller's IP — the user when the agent runs client-side), destination (the target's geolocation), and the great-circl…Doesn't say
  • tls_postureGrade a host's transport security A–F in one call, correlating tls_certificate (validity, chain trust, protocol, key/signature), cert_revocation (OCSP/CRL endpoints, must-staple) and hsts_preload_che…Doesn't say
  • feodo_c2_checkCheck an IP against abuse.ch's Feodo Tracker botnet command-and-control blocklist (keyless): a hit means the IP is a known C2 server for a malware family (Emotet, Dridex, QakBot, TrickBot, …), with t…Doesn't say
  • dmarc_checkFetch and analyse a domain's DMARC record (_dmarc TXT): the policy (none/quarantine/reject) and warnings on a weak or missing policy. Read-only.Doesn't say
  • tranco_rankReport a domain's popularity on the Tranco research list (keyless): its rank in the top ~1M sites, a band (top-1k/10k/100k/1M or 'unranked'), and how many recent daily lists it appears in. A cheap co…Doesn't say
  • rpki_validationValidate the BGP route-origin of an IP or prefix against RPKI (via RIPEstat): valid / invalid / unknown for the announcing ASN and covering prefix. 'invalid' means the origin isn't authorised by a RO…Doesn't say
  • cve_lookupLook up a CVE in the NVD (NIST National Vulnerability Database): its description, CVSS base score / severity / vector, CWE weakness IDs, publication dates and references. Turns a bare CVE ID (e.g. on…Doesn't say
  • spoofabilityJudge how easily a domain's mail can be forged by correlating SPF and DMARC into one verdict: 'hardened' (DMARC enforcing), 'partial' (DMARC quarantine) or 'spoofable' (no DMARC or p=none — receivers…Doesn't say
  • subdomain_takeover_checkCheck a domain's subdomains (enumerated from Certificate Transparency) for dangling-CNAME takeover risk: a CNAME that delegates to a third-party service (GitHub Pages, S3, Heroku, Azure, Netlify, …)…Doesn't say
  • tls_certificateInspect the leaf certificate a host serves on a live TLS handshake: subject, issuer, subject-alternative names, validity window and days to expiry, key and signature algorithms, serial, thumbprint, t…Doesn't say
  • dns_lookupResolve DNS records for a host name. Returns A, AAAA, MX, TXT, NS, CNAME and SOA by default; pass 'types' to narrow. Read-only.Doesn't say
  • dshield_ip_checkLook up an IP's reputation in the SANS Internet Storm Center (DShield) data (keyless): how many attack reports it has across how many target sensors over the observed window, the network/AS it belong…Doesn't say
  • host_exposureReport a host's internet-facing exposure from Shodan's InternetDB (keyless): open ports, detected products (CPEs), known CVEs, hostnames and tags. Passive — reads Shodan's own scan data, never touche…Doesn't say
  • scan_siteRun a passive web-security scan of a URL (via Astur). Returns an A–F grade, a 0–100 score and findings mapped to OWASP WSTG/ASVS. Non-intrusive — no active probing of the target.Doesn't say
  • abuse_contactFind the abuse-reporting e-mail(s) for an IP (or a host's resolved IP) via RIPEstat's abuse-contact-finder — where to report a scanner or attacker surfaced by ip_reputation. Read-only.Doesn't say
  • kev_checkCheck whether a CVE is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalogue — i.e. confirmed exploited in the wild, the strongest 'patch this now' signal. Returns the vendor/product, when it was…Doesn't say
  • reverse_dnsReverse-resolve an IP address to its PTR host name(s). Read-only.Doesn't say
  • ip_reputationCheck an IP against GreyNoise's Community data: whether it is internet background 'noise' (a mass scanner) and, if so, GreyNoise's classification — 'malicious', 'benign' (an identified research scann…Doesn't say
  • hsts_preload_checkCheck whether a domain is in the browsers' HSTS preload list (via hstspreload.org's keyless status API): the status (preloaded/pending/unknown), whether it was bulk-imported, and the parent domain it…Doesn't say
  • disclosure_contactsConsolidate where and how to report a security issue for a domain: the owner's own published channel (security_txt — RFC 9116 Contact, Policy, PGP key) and the network operator's registered abuse mai…Doesn't say
  • rdapLook up registration data for a domain or IP via RDAP (the modern JSON successor to WHOIS): handle, name, statuses and lifecycle events, plus the raw record. Read-only.Doesn't say
  • tor_exit_checkCheck whether an IP is a current Tor exit node, from the Tor Project's public bulk exit list (keyless). Exit traffic is anonymised, so an IP seen in logs may not be the true origin — a useful context…Doesn't say
  • robots_sitemapPassively read a site's robots.txt and the sitemap it points to. Returns the disallowed paths (often naming admin/staging areas — a recon signal), any declared crawl-delay, the sitemap URL(s), and —…Doesn't say
  • passive_dnsHistorical DNS resolutions for a domain or IP from Mnemonic's keyless Passive DNS: the answers a name resolved to over time (or the names that pointed at an IP), each with a first/last-seen window an…Doesn't say
  • ip_blocklist_checkCheck whether an IP sits inside a netblock on a curated keyless reputation list — Spamhaus DROP/EDROP (networks judged hijacked or bad-actor-controlled) and FireHOL level1 (a conservative aggregate o…Doesn't say
  • epss_scoreGet a CVE's EPSS score (FIRST's Exploit Prediction Scoring System): the probability (0–1) it will be exploited in the next 30 days, and its percentile rank among all CVEs. A forward-looking likelihoo…Doesn't say
  • spf_expandFully expand a domain's SPF record: follow every include: and redirect= recursively and count the DNS-lookup mechanisms across the WHOLE tree against the RFC 7208 limit of 10 — the real-world failure…Doesn't say
  • asn_relationsReport an autonomous system's BGP relationships via RIPEstat (keyless): its upstreams (transit providers), downstreams (customers) and peers, from observed AS paths — the neighbour ASNs ordered by ho…Doesn't say
  • spf_checkFetch and analyse a domain's SPF record: the parsed DNS-lookup count (RFC 7208 limit is 10), the 'all' qualifier, and warnings on a missing or permissive policy. Read-only.Doesn't say
  • wayback_snapshotReport the first and most recent captures of a domain in the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine (keyless CDX), with a link to each snapshot — a site-age / history signal (how far back it is archived)…Doesn't say
  • cert_revocationReport the revocation posture of the certificate a host serves: the OCSP responder(s) and CRL distribution point(s) a client could use to check revocation, and whether the certificate is must-staple…Doesn't say
  • cert_transparencyEnumerate a domain's subdomains and certificate-issuance history from public Certificate Transparency logs (crt.sh): the names ever certified under it, issuing CAs, and the issuance span. Reveals nam…Doesn't say
  • related_domainsFind other registrable domains that share a TLS certificate (a common SAN) with the given domain, from Certificate Transparency (crt.sh) — a passive link to sibling properties run on the same certifi…Doesn't say
  • zone_transfer_checkTest whether a domain's authoritative name servers allow a DNS zone transfer (AXFR) — a classic misconfiguration that leaks the entire zone (every hostname it holds) to anyone who asks (RFC 5936: AXF…Doesn't say
  • urlscan_lookupSearch urlscan.io's public scan database (keyless) for a domain or IP: recent public scans of the site itself (its own pages, not other sites that merely load something from it) with each page's fina…Doesn't say
  • mx_lookupList a domain's mail exchangers (MX), ordered by preference, with each host's resolved IP addresses. Read-only.Doesn't say
  • dkim_lookupFetch a domain's DKIM public-key record for a given selector (<selector>._domainkey.<domain>). The selector comes from an email's DKIM-Signature s= tag or a known default. Read-only.Doesn't say
  • investigateRun a full reconnaissance sweep of a domain or URL and return a correlated report: web-security grade (via Astur), email-authentication posture (SPF/DMARC), nameservers, MX, registrar, subdomains fro…Doesn't say
  • wayback_urlsList a domain's historical URLs captured by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine (CDX API, keyless): old endpoints, forgotten paths and files no longer on the live site, across the domain and its sub…Doesn't say
  • blacklist_checkCheck whether a mail server is listed on common email DNS blocklists (DNSBLs). For a domain, its mail (MX) IPs are checked — what matters for email reputation — falling back to the A record when ther…Doesn't say
  • ip_reputation_aggregateFold every keyless IP-reputation source into one verdict — clean / suspicious / malicious / unknown: ip_blocklist_check (Spamhaus DROP + FireHOL), ip_reputation (GreyNoise), feodo_c2_check (botnet C2…Doesn't say
  • asn_geoipGeolocate an IP address (or a host's resolved IP): ASN, network organisation, and approximate city/country. Requires a configured GeoIP database. Read-only.Doesn't say
  • security_txtFetch a site's vulnerability-disclosure file (RFC 9116) from /.well-known/security.txt (falling back to /security.txt): the declared security Contact(s), Expires date and whether it has lapsed, PGP E…Doesn't say
  • caa_dnssecReport a domain's CAA records (which CAs may issue its certificates) and an indicative DNSSEC signal (DNSKEY presence + Authenticated-Data flag — not a full chain validation). Read-only.Doesn't say

Audit history

  1. Nov 13Warnings

What we sent

Every request in this audit, with the answer and how long it took. We never send credentials and never call a tool.

RequestAnswerTime
initializeHTTP 200561 ms
initializedHTTP 202427 ms
tools/listHTTP 200184 ms
unknown-methodHTTP 200160 ms

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