CVE-2026-44298

MEDIUM

Kimai: Arbitrary file read in invoice PDF renderer (admin)

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

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.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
X_Refsource_Misc x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/kimai/kimai/releases/tag/2.56.0

Scores

CVSS v3 4.1
EPSS 0.0028
EPSS Percentile 19.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (3)
kimai/kimai 2.32.0 - 2.56Packagist
kimai/kimai 2.32.0 - 2.56.0
kimai/kimai >= 2.32.0, < 2.56.0
Published May 08, 2026
Tracked Since May 08, 2026