CVE-2026-102132: Kiteworks Core privilege escalation in administrative import

CVE-2026-102132 · Severity: high · CVSS 7.2 · Published 2026-09-30

Kiteworks Core, a secure content management and collaboration platform, contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in its administrative import function. A delegated administrator with limited permissions can exploit this flaw to gain full system administrator privileges without approval from an existing administrator, potentially compromising the entire system.

Technologies: Kiteworks Core. Vendors: Kiteworks.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-102132 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-102132 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-102132?
High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.2, published 30 September 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
Kiteworks Core before 9.5.1.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-102132?
A patch was published on 2026-09-30: version 9.5.1 Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
How is CVE-2026-102132 attacked?
It is attacked over the network.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-102132?
Check whether you run Kiteworks Core at an affected version. 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.

Technical details

An administrative import function fails to validate that the requesting administrator has permission to create the privileged integration credential being imported. This improper access control (CWE-284) allows a delegated administrator with narrowly scoped permissions to escalate privileges to full system administrator via an unauthenticated network-based import operation. A patch is available in version 9.5.1.

Affected products

  • Kiteworks Core before 9.5.1

Timeline

  • 2026-09-30: disclosed
  • 2026-09-30: patched: version 9.5.1

References

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