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SEC624lintai-ai-securitygovernancehardeningstablejsonwarn

MCP config: bare WebSearch auto-approve

MCP configuration auto-approves bare `WebSearch` through `autoApprove`

Public lane
governance
Category
hardening
Provider
lintai-ai-security
Scope
per-file
Surface
json
Tier
stable
Severity
warn
Confidence
high
Detection
structural
Remediation
message only
How to read this lane

Shared authority and workflow policy review.

How to read this category

Least-privilege, provenance, or operational hygiene signal.

Activation Model

Preset Activation

These presets explain where this rule appears in the product experience.

governancesidecar lane
mcpsurface preset

Lifecycle

Stable Lifecycle Contract

State

stable

Graduation rationale

Matches exact bare `WebSearch` auto-approval in MCP client config.

Deterministic signal basis

JsonSignals exact array-item detection for bare `WebSearch` in parsed `autoApprove` entries.

Malicious corpus
mcp-autoapprove-unscoped-tool-family
Benign corpus
mcp-autoapprove-unscoped-tool-family-specific-safe
structured evidence required remediation reviewed
Canonical note

Structural stable rule intended as a high-precision check with deterministic evidence.

Nearby Signals

Related Rules

SEC303MCP config: credential env passthroughMCP configuration passes through credential environment variablesgovernancehardeningjson
SEC394MCP config: wildcard auto-approveMCP configuration auto-approves all tools with `autoApprove: ["*"]`governancehardeningjson
SEC395MCP config: autoApproveTools trueMCP configuration auto-approves all tools with `autoApproveTools: true`governancehardeningjson
SEC396MCP config: trustTools trueMCP configuration fully trusts tools with `trustTools: true`governancehardeningjson
SEC397MCP config: sandbox disabledMCP configuration disables sandboxing with `sandbox: false` or `disableSandbox: true`governancehardeningjson
SEC398MCP config: wildcard capabilitiesMCP configuration grants all capabilities with `capabilities: ["*"]` or `capabilities: "*"`governancehardeningjson

SEC624 / MCP-AUTOAPPROVE-WEBSEARCH ​

SEC624 flags MCP configuration when autoApprove includes the exact bare tool token WebSearch.

Why It Matters ​

Bare WebSearch auto-approval grants unreviewed remote search authority without narrowing reviewed search scopes.

Trigger Shape ​

This rule matches parsed McpConfig content where autoApprove contains the exact string WebSearch.

How To Fix ​

Replace bare WebSearch auto-approval with narrower reviewed scopes such as WebSearch(site:docs.example.com) or remove shared auto-approval for unrestricted remote search.