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MaxKB: Authenticated Users Can Bypass Network Protection

CVE-2026-39418
Summary

MaxKB versions 2.7.1 and below may allow authenticated users with tool-editing permissions to access internal services that should be blocked by the sandbox. This is due to a flaw in how MaxKB handles certain network requests. To fix this issue, update to version 2.8.0 or later.

Original title
MaxKB is an open-source AI assistant for enterprise. In versions 2.7.1 and below, sandbox network protection can be bypassed by using socket.sendto() with the MSG_FASTOPEN flag. This allows authent...
Original description
MaxKB is an open-source AI assistant for enterprise. In versions 2.7.1 and below, sandbox network protection can be bypassed by using socket.sendto() with the MSG_FASTOPEN flag. This allows authenticated user with tool-editing permissions to reach internal services that are explicitly blocked by the sandbox's banned hosts configuration. MaxKB's sandbox uses LD_PRELOAD to hook the connect() function and block connections to banned IPs, but Linux's sendto() with the MSG_FASTOPEN flag can establish TCP connections directly through the kernel without ever calling connect(), completely bypassing the IP validation. Although sendto is listed in the syscall() wrapper, this is ineffective because glibc invokes the kernel syscall directly rather than routing through the hooked syscall() function. This issue has been fixed in version 2.8.0.
nvd CVSS3.1 5.0
Vulnerability type
CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Published: 14 Apr 2026 · Updated: 15 Apr 2026 · First seen: 14 Apr 2026