Caveat verdict

searxng

searxng-selfhost

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

Self-hosted SearXNG installation and usage guide; the network_out and execution sink flags reflect normal installation (bash install script on a server) and local HTTP calls to the self-hosted instance, all documented and expected.

⚠ 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.

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security
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transparency
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maintenance

Permission integrity

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

network_out

Findings (7)

Pattern match critical

Pipe-to-python pattern — remote code execution risk

SKILL.md · code · curl 'http://127.0.0.1:8888/search?q=test&format=json' | python

Pattern match critical

Pipe to python — executes piped content as Python code

SKILL.md · code · | python3

Pattern match high

HTTP request to bare IP address — common in malicious payloads

SKILL.md · code · http://127.0.0.1

Pattern match medium

apt-get install — installs system packages

scripts/install_searxng.sh · prose · downgraded · apt-get install

Pattern match low

pip3 install — installs Python packages at runtime

scripts/install_searxng.sh · prose · downgraded · pip3 install

Pattern match low

Changes file ownership

scripts/install_searxng.sh · prose · downgraded · chown

Pattern match low

Python urllib.request — network access

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

Why the tier is capped

Execution sink present in raw bytes (Hard Floor: class B). 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.

network_out

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