# CVE-2026-49992: Kimai: Login CSRF in Default Team Creation Endpoints Allows Unauthorized Team and Permission Structure Changes

- Also known as: GHSA-PGCC-VFMC-7CW5
- Severity: CVSS 6.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.58.0
- Published: 2026-09-11 · Updated: 2026-09-14

## Affected

- kimai: fixed in 2.58.0
- kimai/kimai (Packagist): fixed in 2.58.0

## Description

Kimai is an open-source time tracking application. Versions prior to 2.58.0 contain authenticated cross-site request forgery issues in their default team creation shortcuts for projects, customers, and activities. These endpoints are exposed through `GET` routes and directly create or reuse a `Team`, add the current user as teamlead, and bind the target object to that team. As a result, an attacker can trick a logged-in user with the required permissions into visiting a malicious page and cause unauthorized changes to team, teamlead, and object-binding relationships. This is a real authorization-structure modification issue rather than a harmless UI shortcut. Version 2.58.0 patches the issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on kimai, kimai/kimai, upgrade to a fixed version (2.58.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/kimai/kimai/security/advisories/GHSA-pgcc-vfmc-7cw5
- https://www.kimai.org/en/security/ghsa-pgcc-vfmc-7cw5

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