CVE-2026-51883
9.1 CRITICALpublic exploit availablePublished 2026-10-01 · Updated 2026-10-05
AI risk analysis
- Summary
- The vulnerability allows an attacker to traverse directories and write content to arbitrary locations, potentially leading to unauthorized data access or modification.
- Exploitability
- Exploitation is relatively straightforward as it requires control over the `knowledge_base_name` parameter. The attacker must be able to inject path traversal sequences.
- Blast radius
- If exploited, this could lead to unauthorized access to sensitive files outside the intended directory, impacting data security and integrity.
- Detection
- No reliable host or network indicator is derivable from the published description.
- Prioritized remediation
- Upgrade to Langchain-Chatchat 0.3.2 or later.
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NVD description
The knowledge base creation and document upload interfaces in Langchain-Chatchat 0.3.0;0.3.1 is vulnerable to path traversal. An attacker can inject path traversal sequences (such as `..\`) into the `knowledge_base_name` parameter to write knowledge base content to arbitrary locations outside the configured knowledge base root directory.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-22
Public exploit & PoC references
All references
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