CVE-2025-32383: MaxKB has a reverse shell vulnerability in function library

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-04-10 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

MaxKB (Max Knowledge Base) is an open source knowledge base question-answering system based on a large language model and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG). A reverse shell vulnerability exists in the module of function library. The vulnerability allow privileged‌ users to create a reverse shell. This vulnerability is fixed in v1.10.4-lts.

Affected products

1Panel-dev MaxKB: before 1.10.4 — fixed in 1.10.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: 1Panel-dev MaxKB 1.10.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/1Panel-dev/MaxKB/commit/4ae02c8d3eb65542c88ef58c0abd94c52c949d8f
https://github.com/1Panel-dev/MaxKB/security/advisories/GHSA-fjf6-6cvf-xr72

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