Medium severity · published May 8, 2026
CVE-2026-44298
Kimai: Arbitrary file read in invoice PDF renderer (admin)
4.9
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Kimai is an open-source time tracking application. From version 2.32.0 to before version 2.56.0, users with the role System-Admin (ROLE_SYSTE_ADMIN) and the permission upload_invoice_template can upload PDF invoice templates, which can call pdfContext.setOption('associated_files', ...) inside the sandboxed Twig render. This is forwarded to mPDF's SetAssociatedFiles(), whose writer calls file_get_contents($entry['path']) during PDF output and embeds the bytes as a FlateDecode stream in the PDF. Any file readable by the PHP worker is returned to the attacker inside the rendered invoice. This issue has been patched in version 2.56.0.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 20% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KI
kimai · kimai
>= 2.32.0, < 2.56.0 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44298
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44298
Release Notes
https://github.com/kimai/kimai/releases/tag/2.56.0
Mitigation
https://github.com/kimai/kimai/security/advisories/GHSA-h5fh-7hwr-97mw
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