Kiteworks Email Protection Gateway deserialization of untrusted data
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-502.
Summary
An authenticated administrator of Kiteworks Email Protection Gateway could submit a crafted serialized object to a cluster management interface that was deserialized without sufficient validation, potentially allowing arbitrary code execution in the context of the gateway service account. Exploitation requires an administrator account holding a specific queue-management privilege.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Email Protection Gateway (Kiteworks) Fixed in 9.5.0
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Kiteworks Email Protection Gateway 9.5.0
13 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 6 MEDIUM, 7 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-65241 Kiteworks Email Protection Gateway server-side request forgeryPriority MEDIUM 48
- TI-2026-65242 Kiteworks Email Protection Gateway improper authenticationPriority MEDIUM 47
- TI-2026-65238 Kiteworks Email Protection Gateway server-side request forgeryPriority MEDIUM 47
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-102108
- 2026-10-09 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
More Accellion Kiteworks vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-11694 Accellion Kiteworks before 7.4.0 allows an authenticated user to perform SQL Injection via LDAPGroup Search. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-65251 Kiteworks Core Authentication Bypass in the Password Reset Workflow CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-65284 Kiteworks Email Protection Gateway Improper Access Control CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.4
- TI-2026-65241 Kiteworks Email Protection Gateway server-side request forgery CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-65242 Kiteworks Email Protection Gateway improper authentication CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-65238 Kiteworks Email Protection Gateway server-side request forgery CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
Sources
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