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Security audit

searxng-search

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

ClawScan rates this search skill benign with high confidence: scanners found no reported malicious behavior, while noting a privacy disclosure gap about search queries sent to external providers.

Before installing, consider whether you might use the skill with private or confidential search terms. The scanner recommends removing sensitive details from queries and getting approval before sending confidential content to external providers.

A.I.G

Vulnerability Patterns
  • Skill Instruction HijackingAlters the agent's session goals or safety constraints when the skill loads
  • Agent Memory PoisoningWrites attacker-controlled rules into memory that affect later sessions
  • Remote Payload Retrieval and ExecutionFetches external code whose behavior can change after review
  • Embedded Malicious CodeShips malicious scripts inside the skill and executes them locally
  • Unauthorized Access and Privilege EscalationObtains permissions beyond the task's legitimate needs

SkillSpector

Vulnerability Patterns
  • Output HandlingUnvalidated Output Injection, Cross-Context Output, Unbounded Output
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
Findings (1)

Search instructions omit disclosure that queries routed through local SearXNG are forwarded to third-party search providers.

Medium
Category
Output Handling
Confidence
92% confidence
Finding

The workflow instructs the agent to submit research queries through SearXNG and select upstream engines, but never warns that those queries leave the local instance. Users could consequently include private or sensitive information under the mistaken impression that a local search service keeps query content local.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.