Vulnerability · Published Sep 30, 2026 · Assigned by cisa-cg

CVE-2026-102093Kiteworks Core improper privilege management

High 7.2

In plain English

A high-severity privilege mismanagement in Core from Kiteworks. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 64% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.2High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 36.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Kiteworks Core 0 – before 9.5.0

Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

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