CVE-2026-39424CWE-1236

MaxKB has CSV Injection in its Application Chat Export Functionality

Medium · published April 14, 2026

CVSS v4.0
5.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
38.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

MaxKB is an open-source AI assistant for enterprise. In versions 2.7.1 and below, the chat export feature is vulnerable to Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File. When an administrator exports the application chat history to an Excel file (.xlsx) via the /admin/api/workspace/{workspace_id}/application/{application_id}/chat/export endpoint, strings starting with formula characters are written directly without proper sanitization. Opening this file in spreadsheet applications like Microsoft Excel can lead to Arbitrary Code Execution (RCE) on the administrator's workstation via Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE). The issue is a variant of CVE-2025-4546, which fixed the exact same pattern in apps/dataset/serializers/document_serializers.py but missed the application chat export sink. This issue has been fixed in version 2.8.0.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
5.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00453 · 38.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-1236 · Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File
Published
2026-04-14T00:56Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 14 APR 00:56Z
    MaxKB has CSV Injection in its Application Chat Export Functionality
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