Server-wide secret disclosure via unrestricted config lookup
Published Aug 25, 2026 · Updated Aug 25, 2026
Information disclosure in Kimai before 2.56.0 allows remote authenticated users to expose server-wide secrets through crafted Twig templates. StrictPolicy permits config(), whose fallback passes an attacker-selected key to SystemConfiguration::find() without restricting access to flattened configuration entries. Exploitation requires SUPER_ADMIN template-upload access, and LDAP or SAML secrets are exposed when another authorized user renders the invoice or export.
Summary
What happened
Information disclosure in Kimai before 2.56.0 allows remote authenticated users to expose server-wide secrets through crafted Twig templates. StrictPolicy permits config(), whose fallback passes an attacker-selected key to SystemConfiguration::find() without restricting access to flattened configuration entries. Exploitation requires SUPER_ADMIN template-upload access, and LDAP or SAML secrets are exposed when another authorized user renders the invoice or export.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-80198
- Published
- Aug 25, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 25, 2026
- Vendor
- Kimai
- Product
- Kimai
- Classifications
- CWE-693, T1552.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
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- Aug 25, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 25, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <2.56.0
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