khoj-ai khoj Conversation Sharing api_chat.py authorization

published 2026-06-28 4 mo ago modified 2026-10-25 14 d ago also EUVD-2026-40005

cvss: 5.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 21%
public exploits: 0; none known

A flaw has been found in khoj-ai khoj up to 2.0.0-beta.28. This impacts an unknown function of the file src/khoj/routers/api_chat.py of the component Conversation Sharing Handler. This manipulation of the argument conversation.agent causes incorrect authorization. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit has been published and may be used. The pull request to fix this issue awaits acceptance.

Patch / fix

links 1

github.com/khoj-ai/khoj#1328 pull request

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 4 mo ago (2026-06-29)

Exploit prediction

0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

github.com https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/issues/1327 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	4.0	5.1	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
CNA	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
CNA	3.0	5.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
CNA	2.0	6.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR
CNA	4.0	2.0	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CNA	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CNA	2.0	6.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

khoj-ai khoj

Classification

Weakness

CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization
CWE-285 Improper Authorization

References

github.com /khoj-ai/khoj/pull/1328
issue-tracking, patch
github.com /khoj-ai/khoj/issues/1327
exploit, issue-tracking
vuldb.com /vuln/374516
vdb-entry, technical-description
vuldb.com /vuln/374516/cti
signature, permissions-required
vuldb.com /cve/CVE-2026-13508
third-party-advisory
vuldb.com /submit/838812
third-party-advisory
github.com /khoj-ai/khoj/
product

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-13508
NVD CVE-2026-13508

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Summary