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Medium · 4.3 CVE-2026-84805 EUVD-2026-69917GHSA-785m-wqjq-q2rm

Kimai 2.61.0 before 2.63.0 Authentication Bypass via API

Published Sep 2, 2026 · Updated Sep 2, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

Description

Kimai versions from 2.61.0 before 2.63.0 fail to disable admin-only work-contract preferences for low-privilege users in the PATCH /api/users/{id}/preferences endpoint. Although the web interface gates these employment-contract fields behind the contract_other_profile admin permission, the WorkContractPreferenceSubscriber (introduced in 2.61.0) registers the preferences as enabled without a permission check, so an authenticated regular user can use the API to modify their own admin-only work-contract data. The issue is fixed in 2.63.0 by applying the same permission check to the API endpoint.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
kimai kimai 2.61.0 – < 2.63.0 2.63.0

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