chainlit-unauth-access: Chainlit - Unauthenticated Access

2026-05-09 Chainlit PoC Public

Description

Detects Chainlit AI chatbot instances with no authentication, leaving the entire app publicly accessible by default.

PoC

id: chainlit-unauth-access

info:
  name: Chainlit - Unauthenticated Access
  author: pussycat0x
  severity: low
  description: |
    Detects Chainlit AI chatbot instances with no authentication, leaving the entire app publicly accessible by default.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/chainlit/chainlit
    - https://docs.chainlit.io/authentication/overview
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 3
    shodan-query: title:"Chainlit"
  tags: chainlit,unauth,misconfig,ai,llm,exposure

flow: http(1) && http(2)

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET / HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Accept: application/json

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - "status_code == 200"
          - "contains(body, 'Chainlit/chainlit')"
        condition: and
        internal: true

  - raw:
      - |
        GET /project/settings HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Accept: application/json

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - "status_code == 200"
          - "contains_all(body, 'userEnv','ui','mcp')"
        condition: and
# digest: 4a0a0047304502202a787796e0a7ff4d0386cd8f930d98062d4d940c69ed9623e9e8f96a719de057022100cd650f86e7291af4fd2690b424180c910202878a49c2faf87cffcd1b2badaeaf:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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