engram: HTTP server CORS wildcard + auth-off-by-default enables CSRF graph exfiltration…
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
- Security bypass, Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from GitHub. Impact type from CWE-306 and CWE-352.
Summary
### Summary The local HTTP server started by `engram server` (binding `127.0.0.1:7337` by default) was exposed to any browser origin with no authentication unless `ENGRAM_API_TOKEN` was explicitly set. Combined with `Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *` on every response and a body parser that did not require `Content-Type: application/json`, this allowed a malicious web page the developer visited to: 1. **Exfiltrate** the local knowledge graph via `GET /query` and `GET /stats` (function names, file layout, recorded decisions/mistakes). 2. **Inject persistent prompt-injection payloads** via `POST /learn`, which wrote `mistake`/`decision` nodes that were later surfaced as system-reminders to the user's AI coding agent on every future session and file edit. Severity: **High** — confidentiality + persistent indirect prompt injection against the user's coding agent. ### Affected versions `engramx` >= 1.0.0, < 2.0.2 — any version that shipped the HTTP server. ### Patched in `[email protected]` ### Workarounds (if you cannot upgrade) - Do **not** run `engram server` or `engram ui`. - If developers must, set `ENGRAM_API_TOKEN` to a long random value and terminate the server before browsing the web. ### Remediation (applied in 2.0.2) 1. Fail-closed auth on every non-public route — Bearer header or HttpOnly cookie, constant-time comparison, 256-bit auto-generated token at `~/.engram/http-server.token` (0600). 2. Wildcard CORS removed entirely; default is no CORS headers. Opt-in allowlist via `ENGRAM_ALLOWED_ORIGINS`. 3. Host + Origin validation — rejects DNS rebinding and Host spoofing. 4. `Content-Type: application/json` enforced on mutations — blocks the text/plain CSRF vector. 5. `/ui?token=` bootstrap with `Sec-Fetch-Site` gate — prevents cross-origin oracle probing. ### Credit Discovered and responsibly disclosed by @gabiudrescu in engram issue #7.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
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| — | engramx (npm) | before 2.0.2 | 2.0.2 | Patch available | GHSA-2r2p-4cgf-hv7h |
- engramx (npm) Vendor— Affected before 2.0.2 Fixed in 2.0.2 Patch available GHSA-2r2p-4cgf-hv7h
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-2r2p-4cgf-hv7h engramx (npm) Fixed in 2.0.2 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-2r2p-4cgf-hv7h
References
Sources
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