| 🇺🇸 English A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server based on multi-engine search results, supporting free web search without API keys. - Web search using multi-engine results - bing - baidu - ~~linux.
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Disclosed vulnerabilities in this server's declared npm dependencies (via OSV). Whether each is reachable depends on the installed versions.
axios Vulnerable to Full Man-in-the-Middle via Prototype Pollution Gadget in `config.proxy`
axios Vulnerable to Credential Theft and Response Hijacking via Prototype Pollution Gadget in Config Merge
Axios: Header Injection via Prototype Pollution
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Axios
Axios: Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via Cookie Name Injection
ALLOWED_SEARCH_ENGINESempty (all available) Comma-separated engine names Limit which search engines can be used; if the default engine is not in this list, the first allowed engine becomes the defaultCORS_ORIGINAny valid origin CORS origin configurationDEFAULT_SEARCH_ENGINEduckduckgo ENABLE_CORS=true npx open-websearch@latestENABLE_CORSDEFAULT_SEARCH_ENGINE=duckduckgo =true npx open-websearch@latestFAKE_IP_CIDRSFor Clash fake-ip / TUN setups, configure synthetic DNS ranges with (for example 198.18.0.0/15)FETCH_WEB_INSECURE_TLSfalse true, false Disable TLS verification only for the request leg of fetchWebContent; it does not affect Playwright browser navigation. Use only for broken certificate chainsMODEset =stdio && set DEFAULT_SEARCH_ENGINE=duckduckgo && npx open-websearch@latestOPEN_WEBSEARCH_DAEMON_ACTION_TIMEOUT_MSOPEN_WEBSEARCH_DAEMON_DISCOVERY_TIMEOUT_MSOPEN_WEBSEARCH_DAEMON_HOSTOPEN_WEBSEARCH_DAEMON_PORTOPEN_WEBSEARCH_DAEMON_TIMEOUT_MSOPEN_WEBSEARCH_DAEMON_URLOPEN_WEBSEARCH_DEBUGOPEN_WEBSEARCH_PROFILE_DIRtmpdir>/open-websearch-browser-profiles Any writable directory Base directory for persistent local browser profiles (see browser state note below)OPEN_WEBSEARCH_QUIET_STARTUPPLAYWRIGHT_HEADLESStrue true, false Whether Playwright Chromium runs in headless modePLAYWRIGHT_NAVIGATION_TIMEOUT_MS20000 Positive integer Timeout for Playwright navigation and Bing result waitsPLAYWRIGHT_PACKAGEauto auto, playwright, playwright-core Which Playwright client package to resolve when browser mode is enabledPROGRAMFILESPROGRAMFILES(X86)PROXY_URLUSE_PROXY=true =http://127.0.0.1:7890 open-websearch serveSEARCH_MODEauto npx open-websearch@latestUSE_PROXYtrue PROXY_URL=http://127.0.0.1:7890 open-websearch servePORTShell command execution
8 child_process/subprocess calls in production code — runs shell commands (src/cli/runCli.ts:843, src/utils/playwrightClient.ts:1113, src/utils/playwrightClient.ts:1126)
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Production dependencies are patched
0 critical, 10 high severity in production deps — axios@1.13.6 (high), axios@1.13.6 (high)
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