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CVE-2026-39423

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Description

MaxKB is an open-source AI assistant for enterprise. Versions 2.7.1 and below contain an Eval Injection vulnerability in the Markdown rendering engine that allows any user capable of interacting with the AI chat interface to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the browsers of other users, including administrators, resulting in Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). This issue has been fixed in version 2.8.0.

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.9 (v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-04-14 01:16:05
Last modified
2026-10-26 21:10:00.170000
View original CVE JSON
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    },
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