mcp-searxng is a Model Context Protocol server that gives AI assistants web search and URL-reading capabilities through SearXNG. Prior to 1.2.0, the web_url_read URL policy in src/url-reader.ts can be bypassed while MCP_HTTP_HARDEN is enabled and MCP_HTTP_ALLOW_PRIVATE_URLS is not enabled because redirect targets are not revalidated, 0.0.0.0 is not classified as an internal address, and IPv4-mapped IPv6 literals canonicalized to hexadecimal form are not recognized. These inputs allow an attacker-influenced tool call to make the MCP server fetch loopback or internal HTTP resources and return content from local services, private APIs, service-mesh endpoints, or cloud metadata endpoints. The separate hostname-to-private-address case addressed by the earlier partial fix is not part of these residual bypasses. This issue is fixed in version 1.2.0.
CVE-2026-54689
This medium-severity CVE scores 6.3 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.2% (7th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 6.3
- EG Score
- 6.3MEDIUMmedium confidence
- EG Risk
- 44EG Risk 44/100CISA SSVC
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity63% × 45%Exploitation40% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines. - EPSS PROB
- 0.2%
- EPSS %ILE
- 7th
- KEV
- Not listed
CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
Exploitation public PoC (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table
Published
August 19, 2026
Last Modified
September 30, 2026
Advisory Details (4)
Auto-updated Sep 15, 2026v1.2.0
Patch available: ihor-sokoliuk/mcp-searxng v1.2.0
https://github.com/ihor-sokoliuk/mcp-searxng/releases/tag/v1.2.0commit 48e5ecdcb416 (ihor-sokoliuk/mcp-searxng)
Patch available: ihor-sokoliuk/mcp-searxng v1.2.0 (contains commit 48e5ecdcb416)
https://github.com/ihor-sokoliuk/mcp-searxng/commit/48e5ecdcb4166a60b94c252dbe74b0a318110ac4fix(url-reader): block DNS-rebinding SSRF via socket-level lookup guard (CWE-918)
Upstream fix in progress (PR #79 · ihor-sokoliuk/mcp-searxng, state=closed)
https://github.com/ihor-sokoliuk/mcp-searxng/pull/79Additional hardened-mode SSRF bypasses not covered by PR #79 · Advisory · ihor-sokoliuk/mcp-searxng · GitHub
https://github.com/ihor-sokoliuk/mcp-searxng/security/advisories/GHSA-wppf-h75h-6pm6Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-54689(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
npm(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
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| mcp-searxng | — |
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Weakness Classification(2)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
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