CVE-2026-102116 (GCVE-0-2026-102116)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-30 20:19 – Updated: 2026-09-30 20:19
VLAI
Title
Kiteworks Email Protection Gateway Path Traversal
Summary
-A weakness could have allowed an authenticated Kiteworks Email Protection Gateway administrator to write a file outside its intended location and cause the application to execute it, potentially resulting in remote code execution as the underlying service account.
Severity
7.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
  • CWE-91 - XML Injection (aka Blind XPath Injection)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Kiteworks Email Protection Gateway Affected: 0 , < 9.5.0 (custom)
Unaffected: 9.5.0
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Date Public
2026-09-30 00:00
Credits
Icare, https://yeswehack.com/hunters/icare Supr4s, https://yeswehack.com/hunters/Supr4s wlayzz, https://yeswehack.com/hunters/wlayzz truff, https://yeswehack.com/hunters/truff
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