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CVE-2026-102141

medium

Two Kiteworks Core cluster-management operations did not validate file paths supplied to them, so an attacker holding root on one node of a cluster could write…

Vendor / product: Accellion — kiteworks

Two Kiteworks Core cluster-management operations did not validate file paths supplied to them, so an attacker holding root on one node of a cluster could write files as root onto another node and cause them to be executed there. Exploitation requires backend root access on a cluster node and a pending software patch present on the target node.

CVSS
6.7
6.7 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-09-30 21:17
Modified: 2026-10-07 16:17
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 3 days ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 06:56 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

accellion / kiteworks <9.5.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Vendor advisory: https://github.com/kiteworks/security-advisories/security/advisories/GHSA-m39v-w8fv-gf3m

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:56 UTC · record ↗

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