CVE-2026-52821

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.

CVSS

No CVSS.

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/kimai/kimai/commit/976d38e8a4485a1c923ee7b5841849e91a06e849
https://github.com/kimai/kimai/pull/5929
https://github.com/kimai/kimai/releases/tag/2.57.0
https://github.com/kimai/kimai/security/advisories/GHSA-3q6q-26vg-v97x
https://www.kimai.org/en/security/ghsa-3q6q-26vg-v97x

Configurations

No configuration.

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-09-15 11:17

Updated : 2026-09-15 11:17

NVD link : CVE-2026-52821

Mitre link : CVE-2026-52821

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-52821

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-639

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

CWE-862

Missing Authorization

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