OSV FAQs

Question 1

What is OSV MCP Server?

Accepted Answer

OSV MCP Server is a lightweight Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation for the OSV Database API, allowing you to query vulnerability information for your software packages.

Question 2

How can I integrate OSV MCP Server with Cursor?

Accepted Answer

The provided configuration snippet shows how to configure OSV MCP Server within your Cursor settings.  This allows Cursor to leverage the OSV database for real-time vulnerability analysis during development.

Question 3

What tools are provided by OSV MCP Server?

Accepted Answer

It offers `query_package_cve` to list CVEs for a package, `query_for_cve_affected` to find affected versions for a CVE, and `query_for_cve_fix_versions` to find fixed versions for a CVE.

Question 4

What can I do with OSV MCP Server?

Accepted Answer

You can fetch CVEs related to specific packages, retrieve all affected versions for a given CVE ID, and identify versions that fix a particular vulnerability.  It supports querying with version and ecosystem filters.

Question 5

What are the prerequisites for using OSV MCP Server?

Accepted Answer

You need Python 3.11 or higher and the `uv` package installer. Installation instructions using `pip` and `Homebrew` are provided in the documentation.

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