CVE-2025-53896 (GCVE-0-2025-53896)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-29 02:24 – Updated: 2025-12-03 15:11
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Kiteworks MFT is vulnerable to Insufficient Session Expiration
Summary
Kiteworks MFT orchestrates end-to-end file transfer workflows. Prior to version 9.1.0, a bug in Kiteworks MFT could cause under certain circumstances that a user's active session would not properly time out due to inactivity. This issue has been patched in version 9.1.0.
Severity
7.1 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-12-03 15:11 UTC
CWE
- CWE-613 - Insufficient Session Expiration
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/kiteworks/security-advisories/… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| kiteworks | security-advisories |
Affected:
< 9.1.0
|
guessed |
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