CVE-2025-53900

Kiteworks MFT has a Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: November 29, 2025 at 02:25 AM UTC
Updated: October 7, 2026 at 08:10 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsKiteworks Managed File TransferKiteworks

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
No known exploit

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 9.1.0
Affected range stops below 9.1.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (1)

x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://github.com/kiteworks/security-advisories/security/advisories/GHSA-gjq3-8v6p-2h6h

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-267

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