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High · 8.2 CVE-2026-42260 EUVD-2026-29478GHSA-v228-72c7-fx8j

Open-WebSearch: SSRF in `fetchWebContent` MCP tool: bracketed IPv6 literals and non-resolving hostname check bypass `isPrivateOrLocalHostname`

Published May 12, 2026 · Updated May 14, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Open-WebSearch is a multi-engine MCP server, CLI, and local daemon for agent web search and content retrieval. Prior to 2.1.7, isPublicHttpUrl / assertPublicHttpUrl in src/utils/urlSafety.ts do not recognize bracketed IPv6 literals and do not resolve DNS, which combine to allow non-blind SSRF with the response body returned to the caller. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.1.7.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Aas-ee open-webSearch < 2.1.7 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm open-websearch < 2.1.7 2.1.7 GHSA-v228-72c7-fx8j

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