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🛡️ CVE-2026-23635 — kiteworks

🟡 CVSS 6.5 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-523 NVD
6.5
CVSS Score
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Description

Kiteworks is a private data network (PDN). In Kiteworks Secure Data Forms prior to version 9.2.1, a misconfiguration of the security attributes could potentially lead to Unprotected Transport of Credentials under certain circumstances. Upgrade Kiteworks to version 9.2.1 or later to receive a patch.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity low, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
  • Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-23635 is classified as CWE-523: Unprotected Transport of Credentials. Credentials travel over a channel that does not protect them from observation.

Affected software

CVE-2026-23635 is recorded against 1 package.

  • kiteworks (fixed in 9.2.1)

Timeline and source

Published on 25 March 2026 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

github.com

Other advisories for this package

kiteworks has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-523: Unprotected Transport of Credentials) in other software:

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 6.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
CWE CWE-523
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2026-03-25
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
kiteworks — 9.2.1

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