CVE-2026-69098

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-08-04. a secondary CVSS source baseline 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

kotaemon through 0.12.0 contains an insecure deserialization vulnerability in the check_connection endpoint that allows unauthenticated attackers to instantiate arbitrary Python classes by supplying crafted YAML/JSON input with a __type__ field. Attackers can exploit this to override the __type__ field with subprocess.check_output and arbitrary arguments, achieving remote code execution with application process privileges.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(high)
EG Risk
75(Attend)
EG Risk 75/100SSVC: Attend

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity98% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Remediate soon — notable exploitation risk.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
41%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 4, 2026

Last Modified

August 5, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 19, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

kotaemon 0.12.0 Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via Insecure Deserialization | Advisories | VulnCheck

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kotaemon-unauthenticated-remote-code-execution-via-insecure-deserialization
generic

[Security] Unauthenticated RCE via Insecure Deserialization in /check_connection endpoint · Issue #844 · Cinnamon/kotaemon · GitHub

https://github.com/Cinnamon/kotaemon/issues/844

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-69098(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 59× in last 7d / 142× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-69098?
CVE-2026-69098 is a critical vulnerability published on August 4, 2026. kotaemon through 0.12.0 contains an insecure deserialization vulnerability in the checkconnection endpoint that allows unauthenticated attackers to instantiate arbitrary Python classes by supplying crafted YAML/JSON input with a type field. Attackers can exploit this to override the type field with…
When was CVE-2026-69098 disclosed?
CVE-2026-69098 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 4, 2026, with the most recent update on August 5, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-69098 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-69098 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 58.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-69098?
CVE-2026-69098 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-69098?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-69098, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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