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kimai/kimai is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation

Privilege EscalationGHSA-hvq2-5gh2-rgvv Published Aug 20, 2026

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Medium Risk

This Affects:

PHPkimai/kimai
0.0.1 - 2.64.0
Fixed in 2.65.0
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TL;DR

The team-assignment API endpoints for customers, projects, and activities reuse an existing team when a team with the same name already exists. When reusing that team, Kimai adds the current user as a team lead without checking that the user is authorized to manage the reused team. An authenticated user with project permission-management rights can become team lead of an existing team by matching its name. The fix creates a new team through the protected form routes instead of silently reusing and joining an existing one.

Who does this affect?

You are affected if you are using a version that falls within the vulnerable range and you grant users project permission-management rights.

Background info

kimai/kimai is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in versions 0.0.1 - 2.64.0.

How to fix this

Upgrade the kimai/kimai library to the patch version.

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