CVE-2026-52821CWE-639CWE-862broken-access-control

CVE-2026-52821

published September 15, 2026

CVSS
5.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
35.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Kimai is an open-source time tracking application. Prior to 2.57.0, GET or POST requests to /en/admin/activity/create/{project} and /en/admin/project/create/{customer} require only the generic create_activity or create_project capability and do not verify edit access to the supplied Project or Customer object. A user who knows a valid project.id or customer identifier can use the preset-parent creation logic in src/Controller/ActivityController.php or src/Controller/ProjectController.php to persist a new child business object under an unauthorized parent, polluting project or customer configuration and influencing later time-entry, rate, reporting, and billing behavior. This issue is fixed in version 2.57.0.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
5.3 · NONE
CVSS v4.0
5.3 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00427 · 35.9th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-639 · Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key; CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
Published
2026-09-15T15:17Z
References (5)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 17 SEP 03:31Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 15 SEP 10:38Z
    Kimai: Improper Authorization in Kimai Activity Creation with Preset Project Allows Creation Under Unauthorized Projects
    cvelistv5