openai-search-mcp (lie5860/openai-search-mcp) is an MCP server listed on the M8ven Trust Index. M8ven has not graded it: we have no way to read this server ourselves. No publisher has claimed this listing.
Enables Claude to perform real-time web searches and fetch web page content via MCP, using OpenAI-compatible APIs with optional Tavily or Firecrawl engines.
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Disclosed vulnerabilities in this server's declared npm dependencies (via OSV). Whether each is reachable depends on the installed versions.
@modelcontextprotocol/sdk has cross-client data leak via shared server/transport instance reuse
FETCH_ENGINESet =tavily and Tavily keys so that when fetch_engine is not passed, Tavily is used.FIRECRAWL_API_KEY"": "your-firecrawl-api-key",FIRECRAWL_API_URL"": "https://api.firecrawl.dev/v2"OPENAI_API_KEYYour API key for that endpointOPENAI_API_URLYour API endpoint URL (e.g., https://api.openai.com/v1)OPENAI_DEBUGOPENAI_LOG_LEVELLog level No INFOOPENAI_MODELThe model identifier (default: gpt-4o)TAVILY_API_KEY"": "tvly-your-tavily-key",TAVILY_API_URL"": "https://api.tavily.com"Tool annotations
No tools have read-only/destructive annotations
Add readOnlyHint or destructiveHint annotations to every tool so hosts can warn users before invoking.
All four hints declared on every tool
5/5 tools missing one or more hints — web_search (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); web_fetch (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); get_config_info (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint), +2 more. OpenAI's directory rejects tools where any of the four hints are missing or non-boolean.
For every tool, set all four hints (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint) to explicit true/false values that match the handler’s actual behaviour.
Tool inputs are validated
4/5 tool handlers declare input schemas (80%)
Declare an inputSchema with zod/joi/yup on every tool definition.
Tool handlers catch errors
Only 2/5 tool handlers wrap calls in try/catch (40%)
Wrap each tool handler body in try/catch and return a structured error response.
Tests exist
No test files found
Add tests that exercise each declared tool.
Production dependencies are patched
0 critical, 1 high severity in production deps — @modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.25.2 (high)
Run npm audit fix, or upgrade the affected packages to a non-vulnerable version.
Dependency freshness
1/4 production deps stale: node-fetch@2023-11-30 (2.6y)
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