CVE-2026-44298
Kimai: Arbitrary file read in invoice PDF renderer (admin)
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 4.1 Medium
- Published
- May 8, 2026
- Updated
- May 8, 2026
- Reserved
- May 5, 2026
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 4.1 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
kimaikimai |
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References
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