CVE•Published 2025-12-11•Modified 2026-10-07•1 article on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2025-66446Maxkb · Maxkb
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
26
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 74% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
MaxKB is an open-source AI assistant for enterprise. Versions 2.3.1 and below have improper file permissions which allow attackers to overwrite the built-in dynamic linker and other critical files, potentially resulting in privilege escalation. This issue is fixed in version 2.4.0.
Timeline
Published 2025-12-11
Modified 2026-10-07
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2025-66446Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Maxkb Maxkb"All exposed Maxkb Maxkb instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Maxkb"HTTP body or banner mentions "Maxkb" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2025-66446Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2025-66446Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2025-66446Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2025-66446GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2025-66446" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2025-66446 on GitHub.