PYSEC-2026-1492
See a problem?- Import Source
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/khoj/PYSEC-2026-1492.yaml
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/PYSEC-2026-1492
- Aliases
- Published
- 2026-07-07T14:34:39.002433Z
- Modified
- 2026-07-07T17:46:46.013975103Z
- Severity
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- 5.4 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
- 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- Khoj Vulnerable to Stored Cross-site Scripting In Automate (Preview feature)
- Details
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Summary
The Automation feature allows a user to insert arbitrary HTML inside the task instructions, resulting in a Stored XSS.
Details
The
qparameter for the/api/automationendpoint does not get correctly sanitized when rendered on the page, resulting in the ability of users to inject arbitrary HTML/JS.PoC
POST /api/automation?q=%22%3E%3C%2Ftextarea%3E%3Cimg%20src%3Dx%20onerror%3Dalert(document.cookie)%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(2)%3C%2Fscript%3EImpact
Stored XSS:
Fix
- Added a Content Security Policy to all config pages on the web client, including the automation page
- Used DOM scripting to construct all components on the config pages, including the automation page
- References
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- https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/security/advisories/GHSA-cf72-vg59-4j4h
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43396
- https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/commit/1c7a562880eeb7354325545d2cf6c5d1d1134812
- https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/commit/55be90cdd2f9d6a09c8bf9ceea52fc36b9201626
- https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj
- https://pypi.org/project/khoj
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cf72-vg59-4j4h
Affected packages
PyPI / khoj
Package
- Name
- khoj
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- Purl
- pkg:pypi/khoj