CVE-2026-13508khoj-ai khoj Conversation Sharing api_chat.py authorization
- 5.1MediumCVSS base score
- 0.29%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 79% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
Show the exploits1
References tagged exploit1 reference
- https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/issues/1327 (opens in a new tab)exploitissue-tracking
Timeline
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Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | Medium5.1 | 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 |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | 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 |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium5.5 | 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 |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 2.0 | Medium6.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 4.0 | Low2.0 | 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 |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.29% · top 79% of all CVEs (15 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Affected products
- affected 2.0.0-beta.0
- affected 2.0.0-beta.1
- affected 2.0.0-beta.2
- affected 2.0.0-beta.3
- affected 2.0.0-beta.4
- affected 2.0.0-beta.5
- affected 2.0.0-beta.6
- affected 2.0.0-beta.7
- affected 2.0.0-beta.8
- affected 2.0.0-beta.9
- affected 2.0.0-beta.10
- affected 2.0.0-beta.11
- affected 2.0.0-beta.12
- affected 2.0.0-beta.13
- affected 2.0.0-beta.14
- affected 2.0.0-beta.15
- affected 2.0.0-beta.16
- affected 2.0.0-beta.17
- affected 2.0.0-beta.18
- affected 2.0.0-beta.19
- affected 2.0.0-beta.20
- affected 2.0.0-beta.21
- affected 2.0.0-beta.22
- affected 2.0.0-beta.23
- affected 2.0.0-beta.24
- affected 2.0.0-beta.25
- affected 2.0.0-beta.26
- affected 2.0.0-beta.27
- affected 2.0.0-beta.28
References
References7
- VDB-374516 | khoj-ai khoj Conversation Sharing api_chat.py authorization (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrytechnical-description
- VDB-374516 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) (opens in a new tab)signaturepermissions-required
- CVE-2026-13508 | CVE Analysis and Report (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory
- Submit #838812 | Khoj AI Khoj Source commit e8631261400e0a04c5063e91e498b549976ffc53; affected released versions are unknown. CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/issues/1327 (opens in a new tab)exploitissue-tracking
- https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/pull/1328 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingpatch
- https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/ (opens in a new tab)product
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-40005 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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