Description
A privilege escalation vulnerability in Kiteworks could have allowed an attacker who had already obtained code execution on one node of a clustered Kiteworks deployment to run operating system commands with elevated privileges on another node of the same cluster. Insufficient input validation in an internal cluster management function let attacker-supplied values reach a privileged execution context; exploitation requires existing access to a node in the cluster, and the affected function is not reachable from outside the cluster.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kiteworks | Core | < 9.5.1 | 9.5.1 |
Advisories 3
- NCSC-2026-0408 Kwetsbaarheden verholpen in Kiteworks NCSC-NL (Netherlands) · Oct 8, 2026
- WID-SEC-2026-3695 Kiteworks: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Sep 30, 2026
- VA-26-274-01 Kiteworks multiple vulnerabilities CISA ICS & IT advisories · Sep 30, 2026