CVE-2026-86867

Cinnamon's kotaemon contains improper authorization checks in multi‑user chat handlers

State
Published
Severity
6.5 Medium
Published
Sep 23, 2026
Updated
Sep 24, 2026
Reserved
Sep 8, 2026

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Description

Cinnamon's Kotaemon (all versions up to and including v0.12.0) multi-user chat interface contains multiple vulnerabilities due to incorrect authorization and improper access controls. There are four handler methods in `libs/ktem/ktem/pages/chat/control.py` that load a Conversation record by its ID without comparing the requester's `user_id` to the conversation's owner `Conversation.user`. This allows any authenticated user to perform the following actions: 1. Read other user's chat transcripts, RAG retrieval history, AI-generated plots, and chat suggestions. 2. Permanently delete another user's conversation. 3. Rename another user's conversation. 4. Overwrite another user's conversation's chat suggestion list.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.16.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NCISA-ADP

Weaknesses

  • CWE-862 Missing Authorization
  • CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Affected Products

ProductVersions
KotaemonCinnamon AI
  • 0.12.0Affected

References

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