CVE-2026-28270mediumCWE-434

CVE-2026-28270: medium-severity vulnerability in kiteworks security-advisories

Kiteworks Core has an Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

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13Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackcvss 4.9epss 1.8%
In short

Kiteworks allows administrators to upload files without checking their type or safety, letting them add dangerous files to the system. This matters because it could let attackers store harmful content on the network.

Technical detail

CWE-434 vulnerability in Kiteworks prior to v9.2.0 permits unrestricted file uploads due to insufficient type validation on administrator-accessible endpoints. An authenticated malicious admin can upload arbitrary file types, potentially enabling code execution or data exfiltration depending on how uploaded files are processed. Fixed in version 9.2.0.

Summary generated and translated by AI from the official description.
Kiteworks is a private data network (PDN). Prior to version 9.2.0, a vulnerability in Kiteworks configuration allows uploading of arbitrary files without proper validation. Malicious administrators could exploit this to upload unauthorized file types to the system. Version 9.2.0 contains a patch for the issue.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N