# Where Apollo MCP Server Stands on the OWASP MCP Top 10

DevFeed: [Where Apollo MCP Server Stands on the OWASP MCP Top 10](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/where-apollo-mcp-server-stands-on-the-owasp-mcp-top-10-23596.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.apollographql.com/blog/where-apollo-mcp-server-stands-on-the-owasp-mcp-top-10>)

Author: Camille Lawrence

Published: 2026-08-14T17:11:10Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Apollo Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/apollo-blog.md>)

Topics: [Model Context Protocol](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/model-context-protocol.md>), [MCP Server](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mcp-server.md>), [audit](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/audit.md>), [Shared Responsibility Model](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/shared-responsibility-model.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/configuration.md>), [GraphQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/graphql.md>), [Rust](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/rust.md>), [Self-hosted](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/self-hosted.md>)

Tags: [announcement](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/announcement.md>), [apollo](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apollo.md>), [apollo-mcp-server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apollo-mcp-server.md>), [audit](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/audit.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/configuration.md>), [graphql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/graphql.md>), [hardening](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hardening.md>), [mcp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mcp.md>), [mcp-server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mcp-server.md>), [rust](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rust.md>), [self-hosted](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/self-hosted.md>), [shared-responsibility](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/shared-responsibility.md>)

## AI overview

This article evaluates Apollo MCP Server against all ten risks in the latest reviewed OWASP MCP Top 10 revision. It finds that the server's architecture directly closes one risk because typed GraphQL operations are parsed and type-checked without shell execution. The remaining risks require configuration, monitoring, and team-owned security decisions.

## Source excerpt

Architecture alone closes 1 of the ten risks in OWASP's MCP Top 10. See how Apollo MCP Server scores on the rest, and which configuration choices remain yours.