Caveat verdict

bx-search

88
🟢 Trusted
No high-risk patterns surfaced by the deep scan — automated capability review, not behavioral proof.

Brave Search CLI wrapper using BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY for web searches; executionSinkDetected reflects documented CLI binary downloads from GitHub matching the legitimate web search purpose.

⚠ Flagged for review — coarse, uncorroborated signal, not a confirmed exploit. Review the config yourself before installing.

Automated static analysis — not a human review. Caveat flags capabilities, not confirmed intent, and can produce false positives. Disagree with this verdict? Use Dispute below.

25
security
90
transparency
90
maintenance

Permission integrity

Makes network requests but does not declare curl/wget in required binaries

network_out

Findings (2)

Pattern match critical

Pipe-to-shell pattern (curl | sh) — supply chain attack vector

SKILL.md · code · curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brave/brave-search-cli/main/scripts

Pattern match critical

Pipe to sh — executes piped content as shell commands

SKILL.md · code · | sh

Why the tier is capped

Execution sink present in raw bytes (Hard Floor: class A/B/E). Final tier capped at Caution — cannot be lifted by any downgrade, example-payload opt-in, or allowlist.

Permissions & capabilities

Requires 1 system binary.

network_out

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