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TI-2025-33322 Aliases CVE-2025-53358

kotaemon Vulnerable to Path Traversal via Link Upload

Priority LOW 29CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00472 41st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Cinnamonkotaemonup to 0.10.6—No fix listedCNA
  • kotaemon VendorCinnamon Affected up to 0.10.6 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-53358

References

Other 3

  • TI-2026-48505 kotaemon 0.12.0 Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via Insecure Deserialization CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2026-56746 Kotaemon Missing Ownership Check in Conversation Functions CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2025-35363 Plaintext password storage in Kotaemon 0.11.0 in the client's localStorage. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2025-39488 An issue was discovered in Cinnamon kotaemon 0.11.0. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2025-35362 Cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Kotaemon 0.11.0 allowing attackers to execute… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1

Sources

This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. Sources and licences