Medium severity · published Jan 18, 2026
CVE-2026-23626
Kimai Vulnerable to Authenticated Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI)
6.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Kimai is a web-based multi-user time-tracking application. Prior to version 2.46.0, Kimai's export functionality uses a Twig sandbox with an overly permissive security policy (`DefaultPolicy`) that allows arbitrary method calls on objects available in the template context. An authenticated user with export permissions can deploy a malicious Twig template that extracts sensitive information including environment variables, all user password hashes, serialized session tokens, and CSRF tokens. Version 2.46.0 patches this issue.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 40% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KI
kimai · kimai
< 2.46.0 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23626
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-23626
Patch
https://github.com/kimai/kimai/commit/6a86afb5fd79f6c1825060b87c09bd1909c2e86f
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/kimai/kimai/pull/5757
Product
https://github.com/kimai/kimai/releases/tag/2.46.0
Exploit
https://github.com/kimai/kimai/security/advisories/GHSA-jg2j-2w24-54cg
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