CVE Alert: CVE-2025-53358
Vulnerability Summary: CVE-2025-53358
kotaemon is an open-source RAG-based tool for document comprehension. From versions 0.10.6 and prior, in libs/ktem/ktem/index/file/ui.py, the index_fn method accepts both URLs and local file paths without validation. The pipeline streams these paths directly and stores them, enabling attackers to traverse directories (e.g. ../../../../../.env) and exfiltrate sensitive files. This issue has been patched via commit 37cdc28, in version 0.10.7 which has not been made public at time of publication.
Affected Endpoints:
No affected endpoints listed.
Published Date:
7/2/2025, 4:15:29 PM
⚠️ CVSS Score:
Exploit Status:
Not ExploitedReferences:
- https://github.com/Cinnamon/kotaemon/commit/37cdc28ceb46e505d25221584daf1fe61e26b2cc
- https://github.com/Cinnamon/kotaemon/pull/755
- https://github.com/Cinnamon/kotaemon/security/advisories/GHSA-jw4w-xcvf-jq5x
Recommended Action:
No proposed action available. Please refer to vendor documentation for updates.
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