ClawAudit verdict

searxng-search-cli

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🟢 Trusted
Low risk — reviewed by ClawAudit, behavior matches stated purpose

CLI wrapper for self-hosted SearXNG search engine with one-click install; queries only the local instance and no credential exfiltration or external data leakage is present.

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

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

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Findings (12)

Pattern match critical

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

ONBOARDING.md · code · curl curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

Pattern match critical

Pipe-to-shell pattern (wget | sh)

ONBOARDING.md · code · wget wget -qO- https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

Pattern match critical

Pipe to sh — executes piped content as shell commands

ONBOARDING.md · code · | sh

Pattern match critical

Possible hardcoded credential

ONBOARDING.md · code · SECRET="your-secret-key

Pattern match critical

Pipe-to-python pattern — remote code execution risk

ONBOARDING.md · code · curl -s -H "X-Forwarded-For: 127.0.0.1" "http://127.0.0.1:8888/search?q=test&for

Pattern match critical

Pipe to python — executes piped content as Python code

ONBOARDING.md · code · | python3

Pattern match high

References sudo — requests elevated privileges

ONBOARDING.md · code · sudo

Pattern match high

HTTP request to bare IP address — common in malicious payloads

ONBOARDING.md · code · http://127.0.0.1

Pattern match high

Recursive delete from root or home — destructive command

ONBOARDING.md · prose · downgraded · rm -rf ~

Pattern match low

Changes file ownership

ONBOARDING.md · prose · downgraded · chown

Pattern match low

Python urllib.request — network access

scripts/searxng_cli.py · prose · downgraded · urllib.request

Pattern match low

Python os.environ.get — reads environment variable

scripts/searxng_cli.py · prose · downgraded · os.environ.get(

Why the tier is capped

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

Permissions & capabilities

No declared permissions — minimal attack surface.

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