CVE-2025-53900 (GCVE-0-2025-53900)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-29 02:25 – Updated: 2025-12-01 15:39
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Kiteworks MFT has a Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions
Summary
Kiteworks MFT orchestrates end-to-end file transfer workflows. Prior to version 9.1.0, an unfavourable definition of roles and permissions in Kiteworks MFT on managing Connections could lead to unexpected escalation of privileges for authorized users. This issue has been patched in version 9.1.0.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-12-01 15:39 UTC
CWE
- CWE-267 - Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/kiteworks/security-advisories/… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| kiteworks | security-advisories |
Affected:
< 9.1.0
|
guessed |
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