# CVE-2025-53896: Kiteworks MFT orchestrates end-to-end file transfer workflows. Prior to version 9.1.0, a bug in Kiteworks MFT could…

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-53896-kiteworks-mft-orchestrates-end-to-end-file-transfer-workflows  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-11-29  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-53896 · Severity: high · CVSS 7.1 · Published 2025-11-29

Kiteworks MFT orchestrates end-to-end file transfer workflows. Prior to version 9.1.0, a bug in Kiteworks MFT could cause under certain circumstances that a user's active session would not properly time out due to inactivity. This issue has been patched in version 9.1.0.

Technologies: [Accellion Kiteworks Managed File Transfer](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/kiteworks-managed-file-transfer). Vendors: [Accellion](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/accellion).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-53896 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-53896 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-53896?** High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.1, published 29 November 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Accellion Kiteworks Managed File Transfer. The advisory does not name versions.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-53896?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-53896?** Check whether you run Accellion Kiteworks Managed File Transfer. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Affected products

- Accellion Kiteworks Managed File Transfer

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