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Prompt injection in esengine DeepSeek-Reasonix document discovery

Priority LOW 23CWE-1427Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Passive
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · Low
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

esengine DeepSeek-Reasonix up to and including 2.52.0 is affected. The discoverDocs function in internal/memory/doc.go does not neutralize input used for LLM prompting (CWE-1427), so untrusted content can be mixed into prompts. A remote attacker can exploit this if a user interacts with crafted content. The exploit has been publicly disclosed.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06

Description from the CNA

A security vulnerability has been detected in esengine DeepSeek-Reasonix up to 2.52.0. Affected is the function discoverDocs of the file internal/memory/doc.go. The manipulation leads to improper neutralization of input used for llm prompting. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.53.0 is able to address this issue. The identifier of the patch is 4ca33493a673c2788aa8598fbca2b2f47a69e1b8. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00215 11th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA
Fix Fixed DeepSeek-Reasonix (esengine): 2.53.0

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
esengineDeepSeek-Reasonix2.0; 2.1; 2.2; 2.3; 2.4; 2.5; 2.6; 2.7; 2.8; 2.9; 2.10; 2.11; 2.12; 2.13; 2.14; 2.15; 2.16; 2.17; 2.18; 2.19; 2.20; 2.21; 2.22; 2.23; 2.24; 2.25; 2.26; 2.27; 2.28; 2.29; 2.30; 2.31; 2.32; 2.33; 2.34; 2.35; 2.36; 2.37; 2.38; 2.39; 2.40; 2.41; 2.42; 2.43; 2.44; 2.45; 2.46; 2.47; 2.48; 2.49; 2.50; 2.51; 2.52.02.53.0Patch availableCNA
  • DeepSeek-Reasonix Vendoresengine Affected 2.0; 2.1; 2.2; 2.3; 2.4; 2.5; 2.6; 2.7; 2.8; 2.9; 2.10; 2.11; 2.12; 2.13; 2.14; 2.15; 2.16; 2.17; 2.18; 2.19; 2.20; 2.21; 2.22; 2.23; 2.24; 2.25; 2.26; 2.27; 2.28; 2.29; 2.30; 2.31; 2.32; 2.33; 2.34; 2.35; 2.36; 2.37; 2.38; 2.39; 2.40; 2.41; 2.42; 2.43; 2.44; 2.45; 2.46; 2.47; 2.48; 2.49; 2.50; 2.51; 2.52.0 Fixed in 2.53.0 Patch available CNA

CPE names CNA · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:esengine:deepseek-reasonix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——esengine
  • cpe:2.3:a:esengine:deepseek-reasonix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·esengine

Remediation

Upgrade esengine DeepSeek-Reasonix to version 2.53.0, which contains the fix with patch identifier 4ca33493a673c2788aa8598fbca2b2f47a69e1b8.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06

  • Fix · CNA DeepSeek-Reasonix (esengine) Fixed in 2.53.0

Timeline

  1. 2026-11-06 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-123653
  2. 2026-11-06 Alias added: GHSA-46pp-w572-hw78

References

  • TI-2026-65396 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') in DeepSeek-Reasonix CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8

Sources