VU#754548: Cinnamon's Kotaemon contains improper authorization checks in Kotaemon multi‑user chat handlers
Overview Cinnamon's Kotaemon (all versions up to v0.12.0) multi‑user chat interface does not verify conversation ownership when loading a conversation. Any authenticated user can read, delete, rename, or overwrite another user’s conversation data by supplying the correct ID. This results in high‑impact confidentiality, integrity, and availability violations. Description Cinnamon's Kotaemon is an open‑source…
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