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This issue has been patched via commit 37cdc28, in version 0.10.7 which has not been made public at time of publication.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00472,"percentile":0.41161,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-22"],"published":"2025-07-02T15:38:35Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:13Z","products":[{"vendor":"cinnamon","product":"kotaemon"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/Cinnamon/kotaemon/security/advisories/GHSA-jw4w-xcvf-jq5x","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/Cinnamon/kotaemon/pull/755","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/Cinnamon/kotaemon/commit/37cdc28ceb46e505d25221584daf1fe61e26b2cc","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/53xxx/CVE-2025-53358.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53358","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2025-53358","title":"kotaemon Vulnerable to Path Traversal via Link Upload","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.","status":"published","published":"2025-07-02T15:38:35.195Z","modified":"2025-07-02T16:00:23.131Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:32:49.180768Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2025-19740","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. 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This issue has been patched via commit 37cdc28, in version 0.10.7 which has not been made public at time of publication.","status":"published","published":"2025-07-02T16:15:29.28Z","modified":"2026-06-17T09:38:05.387Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:11:15.754475Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2025-53358","title":"kotaemon Vulnerable to Path Traversal via Link Upload","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.","status":"published","published":"2025-07-02T15:38:35.195Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:13.320197631Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:50.45326Z"}]}}