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TI-2026-32268 Aliases CVE-2026-44298GHSA-h5fh-7hwr-97mw

Kimai: Arbitrary file read in invoice PDF renderer (admin)

Priority LOW 22CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Kimai is an open-source time tracking application. From version 2.32.0 to before version 2.56.0, users with the role System-Admin (ROLE_SYSTE_ADMIN) and the permission upload_invoice_template can upload PDF invoice templates, which can call pdfContext.setOption('associated_files', ...) inside the sandboxed Twig render. This is forwarded to mPDF's SetAssociatedFiles(), whose writer calls file_get_contents($entry['path']) during PDF output and embeds the bytes as a FlateDecode stream in the PDF. Any file readable by the PHP worker is returned to the attacker inside the rendered invoice. This issue has been patched in version 2.56.0.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00278 20th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed kimai (kimai): 2.56.0kimai/kimai (Packagist): 2.56

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
kimaikimai2.32.0 to before 2.56.02.56.0Patch availableCNA
—kimai/kimai (Packagist)2.32.0 to before 2.562.56Patch availableGHSA-h5fh-7hwr-97mw
  • kimai Vendorkimai Affected 2.32.0 to before 2.56.0 Fixed in 2.56.0 Patch available CNA
  • kimai/kimai (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 2.32.0 to before 2.56 Fixed in 2.56 Patch available GHSA-h5fh-7hwr-97mw

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:kimai:kimai:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.32.0 to before 2.56.0Vulnerablekimai
  • cpe:2.3:a:kimai:kimai:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.32.0 to before 2.56.0 Vulnerable ·kimai

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA kimai (kimai) Fixed in 2.56.0
  • Fix · GHSA-h5fh-7hwr-97mw kimai/kimai (Packagist) Fixed in 2.56 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-44298
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h5fh-7hwr-97mw

References

Advisory 2

Other 2

  • TI-2023-30240 Kimai 1.30.10 SameSite Cookie Vulnerability Session Hijacking CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.5
  • TI-2026-22900 Kimai: API invoice endpoint missing customer-level access control (IDOR) CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2026-30580 Kimai: Formula Injection via tag names in XLSX export CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.4
  • TI-2026-29230 Kimai: Stored XSS via Incomplete HTML Attribute Escaping in Team Member Widget CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
  • TI-2019-15371 Kimai 2- persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.1
  • TI-2026-29237 Kimai's User Preferences API allows standard users to modify restricted attributes: hourly_rate, internal_rate CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
See all 13 →

Sources

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