Vulnerability · Published Jun 28, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2026-13508khoj-ai khoj Conversation Sharing api_chat.py authorization

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity incorrect authorization in khoj from khoj-ai. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 21% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 78.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A flaw has been found in khoj-ai khoj up to 2.0.0-beta.28. This impacts an unknown function of the file src/khoj/routers/api_chat.py of the component Conversation Sharing Handler. This manipulation of the argument conversation.agent causes incorrect authorization. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit has been published and may be used. The pull request to fix this issue awaits acceptance.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
khoj-ai	khoj	2.0.0-beta.02.0.0-beta.12.0.0-beta.22.0.0-beta.32.0.0-beta.42.0.0-beta.52.0.0-beta.62.0.0-beta.7

Weakness: CWE-863, CWE-285 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R

References

VDB-374516 | khoj-ai khoj Conversation Sharing api_chat.py authorization vdb-entry, technical-description
VDB-374516 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) signature, permissions-required
CVE-2026-13508 | CVE Analysis and Report third-party-advisory
Submit #838812 | Khoj AI Khoj Source commit e8631261400e0a04c5063e91e498b549976ffc53; affected released versions are unknown. CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization third-party-advisory
https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/issues/1327 exploit, issue-tracking
https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/pull/1328 issue-tracking, patch
https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/ product