RCE in Khoj
CVE-2024-25639
Khoj is an application that creates personal AI agents. The Khoj Obsidian, Desktop and Web clients inadequately sanitize the AI model's response and user inputs. This can trigger Cross Site Scripting (XSS) via Prompt Injection from untrusted documents either indexed by the user on Khoj or read by Khoj from the internet when the user invokes the /online command. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.13.0.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (45.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 45th percentile — 45.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Khoj
- Khoj-Ai Khoj — versions < 1.13.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/security/advisories/GHSA-h2q2-vch3-72qm (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/commit/1dfd6d7391862d3564db7f4875216880b73cb6cc (Patch)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-25639?
- CVE-2024-25639 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Khoj, classified under Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS). CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2024-07-08.
- How severe is CVE-2024-25639?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-25639 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.