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CVE-2026-28685 — kimai

MEDIUMFix: kimai/kimai@a0601c8

CVE-2026-28685 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.5) CWE-285 vulnerability in kimai/kimai. A fix is available for kimai/kimai — see the affected versions and patch details below.

Kimai: API invoice endpoint missing customer-level access control (IDOR)

Also known asGHSA-v33r-r6h2-8wr7
Published
Updated
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
1 / 1
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Nov 6, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

Exploitation Status

Proof-of-concept exploit code exists

  • CISA’s SSVC triage found public proof-of-concept exploit code for this CVE, though no confirmed active exploitation.

Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2026-28685.

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
0.4%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs39th percentile — riskier than 39% of all scored CVEsHighest risk
0.00%0.32%0.63%0.95%0.0%0.4%May 26Sep 26Nov 26

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

How urgent is this, really

Where this sits among everything scored

Real-World Exposure

1 pkg affected
🐘kimai/kimai

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Description

Summary

GET /api/invoices/{id} only checks the role-based view_invoice permission but does not verify the requesting user has access to the invoice's customer. Any user with ROLE_TEAMLEAD (which grants view_invoice) can read all invoices in the system, including those belonging to customers assigned to other teams.

Affected Code

src/API/InvoiceController.php line 92-101:

#[IsGranted('view_invoice')]           // Role check only, no customer access check
#[Route(methods: ['GET'], path: '/{id}', name: 'get_invoice', requirements: ['id' => '\d+'])]
public function getAction(Invoice $invoice): Response
{
    $view = new View($invoice, 200);
    $view->getContext()->setGroups(self::GROUPS_ENTITY);
    return $this->viewHandler->handle($view);  // Returns ANY invoice by ID
}

The web controller (src/Controller/InvoiceController.php line 304-307) correctly checks customer access:

#[IsGranted('view_invoice')]
#[IsGranted(new Expression("is_granted('access', subject.getCustomer())"), 'invoice')]
public function downloadAction(Invoice $invoice, ...): Response { ... }

The access attribute in CustomerVoter (line 71-87) verifies team membership, but this check is entirely missing from the API endpoint.

PoC

Tested against Kimai v2.50.0 (Docker: kimai/kimai2:apache).

Setup:

  • TeamA with CustomerA ("SecretCorp"), TeamB with CustomerB ("BobCorp")
  • Bob is a teamlead in TeamB only
  • An invoice exists for SecretCorp (TeamA)
# Bob (TeamB) reads SecretCorp (TeamA) invoice
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer BOB_TOKEN" http://localhost:8888/api/invoices/1

Response (200 OK):

{
  "invoiceNumber": "INV-2026-001",
  "total": 15000.0,
  "currency": "USD",
  "customer": {"name": "SecretCorp", ...}
}

Bob can also enumerate all invoices via GET /api/invoices — the list endpoint uses setCurrentUser() in the query but the single-item endpoint bypasses this entirely via Symfony ParamConverter.

Impact

Any teamlead can read all invoices across the system regardless of team assignment. Invoice data typically contains sensitive financial information (amounts, customer details, payment terms). In multi-team deployments this breaks the intended data isolation between teams.

Suggested Fix

Add the customer access check to the API endpoint, matching the web controller:

 #[IsGranted('view_invoice')]
+#[IsGranted(new Expression("is_granted('access', subject.getCustomer())"), 'invoice')]
 #[Route(methods: ['GET'], path: '/{id}', name: 'get_invoice')]
 public function getAction(Invoice $invoice): Response

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
🐘Packagistkimai/kimaiall versions2.51.0composer require kimai/kimai:^2.51.0

Affected Products

1 product · 1 configurations
Application
kimaikimai
< 2.51.0
range

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency
  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for kimai/kimai, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

  2. Fix

    Update kimai/kimai to 2.51.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2026-28685 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

Frequently Asked Questions

## Summary `GET /api/invoices/{id}` only checks the role-based `view_invoice` permission but does not verify the requesting user has `access` to the invoice's customer. Any user with `ROLE_TEAMLEAD` (which grants `view_invoice`) can read all invoices in the system, including those belonging to customers assigned to other teams. ## Affected Code `src/API/InvoiceController.php` line 92-101: ```php #[IsGranted('view_invoice')] // Role check only, no customer access check #[Route(methods: ['GET'], path: '/{id}', name: 'get_invoice', requirements: ['id' => '\d+'])] public function get
O3 Security · Impact-Aware SCA

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CVE-2026-28685: kimai — Fixed in 2.51.0