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SCA: security update for kimai/kimai (GHSA-g82g-m9vx-vhjg)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 440440

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Kimai is an open-source time tracking application. In versions 1.16.3 through 2.52.0, the escapeForHtml()
 function in KimaiEscape.js does not escape double quote or single quote characters. When a user's profile
 alias is inserted into an HTML attribute context via the team member form prototype and rendered through
 innerHTML, this incomplete escaping allows HTML attribute injection. An authenticated user with ROLE_USER
 privileges can store a malicious alias that executes JavaScript in the browser of any administrator
 viewing the team form, resulting in stored XSS with privilege escalation. This issue has been fixed in
 version 2.53.0. (CVE-2026-40479)

Solution

Update the kimai/kimai library and its related packages to version 2.53.0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g82g-m9vx-vhjg

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 440440

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 4/16/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 9.42

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-40479

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/15/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/15/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-40479

cwe: CWE-79