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CVE-2025-53900: Kiteworks MFT has a Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions
- Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2025-11-29 · updated 2026-10-07
- Weakness: CWE-267
Description
Kiteworks MFT orchestrates end-to-end file transfer workflows. Prior to version 9.1.0, an unfavourable definition of roles and permissions in Kiteworks MFT on managing Connections could lead to unexpected escalation of privileges for authorized users. This issue has been patched in version 9.1.0.
Affected products
- Accellion Kiteworks Managed File Transfer: before 9.1.0 — fixed in 9.1.0
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Accellion Kiteworks Managed File Transfer 9.1.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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