# open-websearch (npm) vulnerabilities

1 known vulnerability (1 high), with the versions each affects and the releases that fix them.

## At a glance

- Latest release: 2.2.0 (Sep 28, 2026): no advisory affects it
- Newest unaffected release: 2.2.0 (Sep 28, 2026), the latest release
- Weekly downloads: 10.6K
- Dependents: 3
- Releases: 30 since 1.1.0 (Jul 13, 2025)
- Registry: https://www.npmjs.com/package/open-websearch
- Releases read: Nov 8, 2026

## Version timeline

Affected versions per advisory, in version order:

- CVE-2026-42260: 1.1.0 to 2.1.6 (2.1.7 is outside it)

## Advisories (1)

### [CVE-2026-42260](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-42260): Open-WebSearch: SSRF in \`fetchWebContent\` MCP tool: bracketed IPv6 literals and non-resolving hostname check bypass…

- Severity: High 8.2
- Published: May 12, 2026
- Affected: fixed in 2.1.7.
- Fixed in 2.1.7 (released Apr 21, 2026, 21 days before disclosure).
- The latest release, 2.2.0, is not affected.
- 3.7% of open-websearch downloads last week were affected versions (351).

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