SSRF (Server-Side Request Forgery) in MaxKB (CVE-2026-45412)
Summary
SSRF in MaxKB (CVE-2026-45412). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 2.9.1 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
MaxKB is an open-source AI assistant for enterprise. Prior to 2.9.1, SSRF via work_flow_template Import. Authenticated users can supply arbitrary URLs in work_flow_template.downloadUrl which are fetched server-side without any URL validation or internal IP filtering. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.9.1.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-45412 has been found in MaxKB.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade MaxKB to 2.9.1 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "MaxKB CVE-2026-45412" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-45412 (MaxKB) — CWE-918
Patched: 2.9.1 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
SSRF (CWE-918) exists in MaxKB.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of MaxKB.
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to 2.9.1.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'MaxKB' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'MaxKB' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
MaxKBを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade MaxKB to 2.9.1ステージング環境で 2.9.1 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov