SCA: security update for kimai/kimai (GHSA-qh43-xrjm-4ggp)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 440439

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 2.52.0 and below, the User Preferences API
endpoint (PATCH /api/users/{id}/preferences) applies submitted preference values without checking the
isEnabled() flag on preference objects. Although the hourly_rate and internal_rate fields are correctly
marked as disabled for users lacking the hourly-rate role permission, the API ignores this restriction and
saves the values directly. Any authenticated user can modify their own billing rates through this
endpoint, resulting in unauthorized financial tampering affecting invoices and timesheet calculations.
This issue has been fixed in version 2.53.0. (CVE-2026-40486)

Solution

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 440439

Version: Revision 1.9

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: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-40486

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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-2026-40486

cwe: CWE-915

Detections

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