CVE-2026-58483

high

Description

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

https://github.com/ihor-sokoliuk/mcp-searxng/security/advisories/GHSA-xcqx-9jf5-w339

https://github.com/ihor-sokoliuk/mcp-searxng/releases/tag/v1.7.1

https://github.com/ihor-sokoliuk/mcp-searxng/pull/121

https://github.com/ihor-sokoliuk/mcp-searxng/commit/f5a947ed1650daed10fbdcd53c0db5a86489ffe4

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-09-15

Updated: 2026-09-15

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00462