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CVE-2026-41498 — kimai

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CVE-2026-41498 is a low-severity (CVSS 3.3) CWE-862 vulnerability in kimai/kimai. A fix is available for kimai/kimai — see the affected versions and patch details below.

Kimai: Team API Missing Object-Level Authorization

Also known asGHSA-jv9x-w4gm-hwcm
Published
Updated
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
1 / 1
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Nov 7, 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-2026-41498.

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
0.2%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs16th percentile — riskier than 16% of all scored CVEsHighest risk
0.00%0.25%0.50%0.75%0.0%0.2%Jun 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

The Team API endpoints use #[IsGranted('edit_team')] instead of #[IsGranted('edit', 'team')], causing Symfony TeamVoter to abstain from voting. This removes entity-level ownership checks on team operations, allowing any user with the edit_team permission to modify any team, not just teams they are authorized to manage.

Details

All 8 team association endpoints in src/API/TeamController.php (lines 177, 201, 229, 252, 275, 298, 321, 339) use #[IsGranted('edit_team')] with a single argument. The web controller at src/Controller/TeamController.php:118 correctly uses #[IsGranted('edit', 'team')] with two arguments, passing the $team parameter as the subject. When edit_team is passed as the attribute, TeamVoter::supportsAttribute() returns false because it only recognizes view, edit, and delete. The voter abstains entirely. Only RolePermissionVoter fires, which checks the role-level permission without any entity-level ownership validation.

PoC

Authenticate as a user with edit_team permission who is NOT a member of Team 1

curl -X POST https://TARGET/api/teams/1/members/2 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json"

Expected: 403 Forbidden (user is not ROLE_ADMIN/ROLE_SUPER_ADMIN, or member of Team 1)

Actual (pre-2.54.0): 200 OK, user added to Team 1

Impact

In default configuration, only ROLE_ADMIN and ROLE_SUPER_ADMIN have edit_team, and both roles already have irrevocable view_all_data access, making the missing check redundant. The vulnerability becomes exploitable if an administrator grants edit_team to a lower-privilege role (such as ROLE_TEAMLEAD) through the permissions UI. In that scenario, the lower-privilege user could modify any team's membership, customer assignments, project assignments, and activity assignments without being a member or teamlead of that team.

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
🐘Packagistkimai/kimaiall versions2.54.0composer require kimai/kimai:^2.54.0

Affected Products

1 product · 1 configurations
Application
kimaikimai
< 2.54.0
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 2.54.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2026-41498 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    Put an independent control in front of the weakness: restrict the affected endpoint or interface to trusted networks, require an additional authentication factor or proxy-level check, and invalidate existing sessions and credentials in case the flaw has already been used.

Frequently Asked Questions

### Summary The Team API endpoints use #[IsGranted('edit_team')] instead of #[IsGranted('edit', 'team')], causing Symfony TeamVoter to abstain from voting. This removes entity-level ownership checks on team operations, allowing any user with the edit_team permission to modify any team, not just teams they are authorized to manage. ### Details All 8 team association endpoints in src/API/TeamController.php (lines 177, 201, 229, 252, 275, 298, 321, 339) use #[IsGranted('edit_team')] with a single argument. The web controller at src/Controller/TeamController.php:118 correctly uses #[IsGranted('ed
O3 Security · Impact-Aware SCA

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CVE-2026-41498: kimai — Fixed in 2.54.0