Critical severity · published Sep 30, 2026
CVE-2026-102106
Kiteworks Email Protection Gateway improper authentication
9.1
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Improper authentication in a Kiteworks Email Protection Gateway administrative service. An administrative service in Kiteworks Email Protection Gateway did not consistently enforce administrator authentication, so the required password check could be bypassed. An attacker who referenced a valid administrator account could potentially create, modify, or delete internal users and managed domains and change their security-feature configuration without authenticating; deleting a managed domain also removes its user accounts and could lock administrators out of the gateway.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 65% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EP
Email Protection Gateway · Kiteworks
before 9.5.0 · source: vendor
KI
Kiteworks · Accellion
before 9.5.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102106
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-102106
vendor-advisory
https://github.com/kiteworks/security-advisories/security/advisories/GHSA-wwv8-qhqg-4q76
third-party-advisory
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/VA/white/2026/va-26-274-01.json
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