ToolTrust
A2/100
ihor-sokoliuk

mcp-searxng

mcp1.5.0

@ihor-sokoliuk

Private web search for AI assistants via SearXNG — supports Claude, Cursor, and any MCP client

By ihor-sokoliuk | 10 findings | Scanned 6/15/2026 | tooltrust-scanner/v0.3.17 | 903

3 Low7 Info

Risk Summary

Safe With Normal Controls

Dep Visibility is the main signal, but overall risk remains within an acceptable range.

Potential impact: This finding indicates the tool should be reviewed before it is trusted.

Recommended action: No high-risk findings were detected in this scan, but you should still apply least-privilege defaults and rescan after changes.

Suggested policy: keep this tool behind manual approval, do not allow unattended runs, and re-scan after narrowing risky permissions.

Security Findings (10)

  • LowAS-011

    ℹ️Missing Rate-Limit / Timeout ×3

    tool performs network or execution operations but declares no rate-limit, timeout, or retry configuration

    searxng_web_searchsearxng_search_suggestionsweb_url_read

    Fix: Declare explicit rate-limit, timeout, and retry configuration for all network and execution tools. Implement exponential back-off and surface resource state to the calling agent.

  • InfoAS-002

    ⚠️Excessive Permissions ×3

    declared capabilities: network access, database access

    searxng_web_search

    declared capabilities: network access

    searxng_search_suggestionsweb_url_read

    Fix: Tool requests broad permissions (exec/fs/network). Validate input parameters using Enums where possible, and restrict file system operations to explicit allowed directories.

  • InfoAS-014

    ℹ️Dependency Inventory Unavailable ×4

    No metadata.dependencies or repo_url were exposed by this MCP server, and no local project manifest could be inferred from the launch command.

    searxng_web_searchsearxng_search_suggestionssearxng_instance_infoweb_url_read

    Fix: Review and remediate the identified issue.

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