7.5 HIGH
- CVSS version (CVSS): 3.1
- Attack Vector (AV): Network (N)
- Attack Complexity (AC): Low (L)
- Privileges Required (PR): None (N)
- User Interaction (UI): None (N)
- Scope (S): Unchanged (U)
- Confidentiality (C): None (N)
- Integrity (I): None (N)
- Availability (A): High (H)
- Modified Attack Vector (MAV): Network (N)
- Modified Attack Complexity (MAC): Low (L)
- Modified Privileges Required (MPR): None (N)
- Modified User Interaction (MUI): None (N)
- Modified Confidentiality (MC): None (N)
- Modified Scope (MS): Unchanged (U)
- Modified Integrity (MI): None (N)
- Modified Availability (MA): High (H)
by @LeSuisse Activity log
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- @LeSuisse dismissed
mcp-searxng: Unbounded Response Body Read Bypasses URL Size Limit in `web_url_read`
mcp-searxng is a Model Context Protocol server that gives AI assistants web search and URL-reading capabilities through SearXNG. Prior to 1.7.1, web_url_read in src/index.ts passes a caller-supplied URL to readUrlContent() in src/url-reader.ts, where checkContentLength() treats a missing Content-Length header as an inconclusive preflight and the normal and error paths then consume the complete body with response.text(). A server that omits Content-Length can therefore bypass URL_READ_MAX_CONTENT_LENGTH_BYTES and force unbounded memory use. The resulting string is also processed by NodeHtmlMarkdown.translate(), increasing CPU consumption and allowing an unauthenticated HTTP client to cause denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 1.7.1.
References
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https://github.com/ihor-sokoliuk/mcp-searxng/security/advisories/GHSA-xcqx-9jf5-w339 exploitx_refsource_CONFIRM
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https://github.com/ihor-sokoliuk/mcp-searxng/pull/121 x_refsource_MISC
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https://github.com/ihor-sokoliuk/mcp-searxng/releases/tag/v1.7.1 x_refsource_MISC
Affected products
- ==< 1.7.1
Matching in nixpkgs
pkgs.mcp-searxng
Private web search for AI assistants via SearXNG — supports Claude, Cursor, and any MCP client
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nixos-unstable -
- nixos-unstable-small 2.2.0
Package maintainers
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@SuperSandro2000 Sandro Jäckel <sandro.jaeckel@gmail.com>