CVE-2026-102093: CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management in Kiteworks Core
Kiteworks Core versions prior to 9.5.0 contain an improper privilege management vulnerability. This flaw allows an authenticated administrative user with limited role-management permissions to escalate another user's privileges to full system-administrator level, exceeding their authorized scope. The vulnerability is identified as CWE-269 and carries a high severity rating with a CVSS score of 7.2.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-102093 describes an improper privilege management vulnerability in Kiteworks Core before version 9.5.0. The product fails to correctly enforce restrictions on role assignment, enabling an authenticated administrative user who lacks full sysadmin role-management permissions to elevate another user to full system-administrator privileges. This escalation bypasses intended access controls and could lead to complete system compromise by unauthorized users.
Potential Impact
An attacker with authenticated administrative access but limited role-management permissions can elevate privileges of other users to full system-administrator level. This could result in unauthorized full control over the system, including confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts as reflected by the CVSS vector (Confidentiality: High, Integrity: High, Availability: High).
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in Kiteworks Core version 9.5.0 and later. Users should upgrade to version 9.5.0 or above to remediate this vulnerability. No vendor advisory content was provided to indicate alternative mitigations or temporary workarounds.
CVE-2026-102093: CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management in Kiteworks Core
Description
Kiteworks Core versions prior to 9.5.0 contain an improper privilege management vulnerability. This flaw allows an authenticated administrative user with limited role-management permissions to escalate another user's privileges to full system-administrator level, exceeding their authorized scope. The vulnerability is identified as CWE-269 and carries a high severity rating with a CVSS score of 7.2.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.2high
Affected software
Kiteworks
Core
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Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-102093 describes an improper privilege management vulnerability in Kiteworks Core before version 9.5.0. The product fails to correctly enforce restrictions on role assignment, enabling an authenticated administrative user who lacks full sysadmin role-management permissions to elevate another user to full system-administrator privileges. This escalation bypasses intended access controls and could lead to complete system compromise by unauthorized users.
Potential Impact
An attacker with authenticated administrative access but limited role-management permissions can elevate privileges of other users to full system-administrator level. This could result in unauthorized full control over the system, including confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts as reflected by the CVSS vector (Confidentiality: High, Integrity: High, Availability: High).
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in Kiteworks Core version 9.5.0 and later. Users should upgrade to version 9.5.0 or above to remediate this vulnerability. No vendor advisory content was provided to indicate alternative mitigations or temporary workarounds.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- cisa-cg
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-28T17:39:13.561Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6abd72492a4e24523d8ebde7
Added to database: 09/30/2026, 20:34:17 UTC
Last enriched: 09/30/2026, 21:33:11 UTC
Last updated: 09/30/2026, 23:00:00 UTC
Views: 3
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