Medium severity · published Sep 15, 2026
CVE-2026-52821
Kimai: Improper Authorization in Kimai Activity Creation with Preset Project Allows Creation Under Unauthorized Projects
5.3
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Kimai is an open-source time tracking application. Prior to 2.57.0, GET or POST requests to /en/admin/activity/create/{project} and /en/admin/project/create/{customer} require only the generic create_activity or create_project capability and do not verify edit access to the supplied Project or Customer object. A user who knows a valid project.id or customer identifier can use the preset-parent creation logic in src/Controller/ActivityController.php or src/Controller/ProjectController.php to persist a new child business object under an unauthorized parent, polluting project or customer configuration and influencing later time-entry, rate, reporting, and billing behavior. This issue is fixed in version 2.57.0.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 37% 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-2026-52821
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-52821
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-3q6q-26vg-v97x
www.kimai.org
https://www.kimai.org/en/security/ghsa-3q6q-26vg-v97x
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