Medium severity · published Sep 15, 2026
CVE-2026-52820
Kimai: Timesheet PATCH/POST allows assigning to project outside user's team via query_builder OR-bypass
5.3
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Kimai is an open-source time tracking application. Prior to 2.57.0, PATCH /api/timesheets/{id} and POST /api/timesheets accept a user-controlled project identifier through TimesheetApiEditForm and FormTrait, and ProjectRepository::getQueryBuilderForFormType() places that identifier in an unconditional OR branch that bypasses the team access criteria. Any authenticated user with edit_own_timesheet can therefore assign an owned timesheet to a project outside the user's teams, persist unauthorized project attribution, and retrieve project and customer metadata through GET /api/timesheets/{id}?full=true. TimesheetTeamAccessValidator now checks changed project and activity associations against current team access. This issue is fixed in version 2.57.0.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 39% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KI
kimai · kimai
< 2.57.0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-52820
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-52820
github.com
https://github.com/kimai/kimai/commit/976d38e8a4485a1c923ee7b5841849e91a06e849
github.com
https://github.com/kimai/kimai/pull/5929
github.com
https://github.com/kimai/kimai/releases/tag/2.57.0
github.com
https://github.com/kimai/kimai/security/advisories/GHSA-vrr2-g9gh-c3jc
www.kimai.org
https://www.kimai.org/en/security/ghsa-vrr2-g9gh-c3jc
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