# CVE-2026-86867: Cinnamon's kotaemon contains improper authorization checks in multi‑user chat handlers

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-09-23 · Updated: 2026-09-24

## Affected

- Cinnamon AI Kotaemon: 0.12.0

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Cinnamon AI Kotaemon, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/754548

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