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.

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Wed, 23 Sep 2026 20:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-284

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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.
Title Cinnamon's kotaemon contains improper authorization checks in multi‑user chat handlers
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: certcc

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-23T18:10:51.647Z

Reserved: 2026-09-08T16:29:11.518Z

Link: CVE-2026-86867

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-09-23T18:17:09.323

Modified: 2026-09-23T19:19:42.080

Link: CVE-2026-86867

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Updated: 2026-09-23T20:00:09Z

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