Description
Kiteworks Core before version 9.5.0 is vulnerable to Improper Privilege Management and does not correctly enforce restrictions on role assignment, which could allow an authenticated administrative user with limited, non-Sysadmin role-management permissions to elevate another user to full system-administrator privileges beyond those the administrative user was authorized to grant.
Published: 2026-09-30
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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History

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Accellion
Accellion kiteworks
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:accellion:kiteworks:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Accellion
Accellion kiteworks

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 17:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 01 Oct 2026 05:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Kiteworks
Kiteworks core
Vendors & Products Kiteworks
Kiteworks core

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Kiteworks Core before version 9.5.0 is vulnerable to Improper Privilege Management and does not correctly enforce restrictions on role assignment, which could allow an authenticated administrative user with limited, non-Sysadmin role-management permissions to elevate another user to full system-administrator privileges beyond those the administrative user was authorized to grant.
Title Kiteworks Core improper privilege management
Weaknesses CWE-269
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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Accellion Kiteworks
Kiteworks Core
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisa-cg

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-01T15:28:05.914Z

Reserved: 2026-09-28T17:39:13.561Z

Link: CVE-2026-102093

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-01T15:27:14.092Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-09-30T21:16:55.870

Modified: 2026-10-07T13:22:21.773

Link: CVE-2026-102093

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-01T05:00:12Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-269

    Improper Privilege Management