---
id: CVE-2025-68492
aliases:
  - GHSA-v492-6xx2-p57g
  - PYSEC-2026-1238
title: Chainlit contains an authorization bypass vulnerability
summary: Chainlit contains an authorization bypass vulnerability
severity: medium
cvss: 4.2
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'
vendor: chainlit
product: chainlit
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - chainlit < 2.8.5
patched:
  - chainlit 2.8.5
published: '2026-01-14'
updated: '2026-07-07'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-v492-6xx2-p57g'
references:
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68492'
  - url: 'https://github.com/Chainlit/chainlit/pull/2637'
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/Chainlit/chainlit/commit/8f1153db439eca58ae5c50c8276ba6fdd311448e
  - url: 'https://github.com/Chainlit/chainlit'
  - url: 'https://github.com/Chainlit/chainlit/releases'
  - url: 'https://github.com/Chainlit/chainlit/releases/tag/2.8.5'
  - url: 'https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN34964581'
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
epss: 0.00226
epssPercentile: 0.11854
ingestedAt: '2026-07-08T18:25:53.067Z'
---

## Overview

Chainlit versions prior to 2.8.5 contain an authorization bypass through user-controlled key vulnerability. If this vulnerability is exploited, threads may be viewed or thread ownership may be obtained by an attacker who can log in to the product.

## Affected packages

- `chainlit < 2.8.5`

## Remediation

Upgrade to a patched release:

- `chainlit 2.8.5`