Supply-Chain Risk in Third-Party MCP Servers (EXPLAINED)
TL;DR — Quick Answer
Treat third-party MCP like third-party CI actions: pin versions, code review, scan dependencies, run in sandbox with no secrets, sign artifacts, maintain allowlist, and monitor for typosquatting — block auto-updates from untrusted publishers.
The Interview Question
Engineers want to install community MCP servers from npm/GitHub. Threat-model supply-chain risks and define an approval process.
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