CVE-2025-53358

Published: Jul 2, 2025Modified: Jun 17, 2026Deferred

6.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: security-advisories@github.com (Secondary)

Description

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.

Related CWEs

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

References (3)

https://github.com/Cinnamon/kotaemon/commit/37cdc28ceb46e505d25221584daf1fe61e26b2cc

Source: security-advisories@github.com

https://github.com/Cinnamon/kotaemon/pull/755

Source: security-advisories@github.com

https://github.com/Cinnamon/kotaemon/security/advisories/GHSA-jw4w-xcvf-jq5x

Source: security-advisories@github.com

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