Protection Mechanism Failure Affecting kimai/kimai package, versions <2.56.0
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- published7 May 2026
- disclosed6 May 2026
- creditfg0x0
Introduced: 6 May 2026
CVE-2026-80198 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade kimai/kimai to version 2.56.0 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Protection Mechanism Failure via the config function. An attacker can access sensitive server-wide secrets, such as LDAP bind passwords and SAML private keys, by uploading a malicious template and causing it to be rendered by another user. This is only exploitable if LDAP or SAML is configured and a user other than the SUPER_ADMIN renders an invoice or export using the malicious template.