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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
CWE-306 missing authentication supports PR:N/AV:N/AC:L; confidentiality and integrity of victim mail/account are high, but no availability impact is described, so A:N (vendor A:L unsubstantiated).
Primary rating from Vendor (cisa-cg).
CVSS VectorVendor: cisa-cg
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5DescriptionCVE.org
Kiteworks Email Protection Gateway did not sufficiently restrict which account a certificate could be assigned to. This could allow an attacker to associate a certificate with another user's account, affecting the confidentiality and integrity of that account's encrypted mail and, where certificate-based login is enabled, potentially permitting unauthorized access to the account.
AnalysisAI
Improper certificate-assignment controls in Kiteworks Email Protection Gateway allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to bind a certificate to another user's account, compromising the confidentiality and integrity of that account's encrypted mail. In deployments where certificate-based login is enabled, this can escalate to unauthorized account access; no public exploit was identified at time of analysis. …
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Vulnerability AssessmentAI
| Exploitation | Requires network reachability to the Kiteworks Email Protection Gateway's certificate-assignment function, which per CWE-306 lacks proper restriction on the target account - no authentication is asserted by the CVSS vector (PR:N). … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment. |
| Risk Assessment | Signals point to a genuinely high-priority flaw, though some noise exists. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in. |
| Exploit Scenario | Full exploit scenario with step-by-step reproduction available after sign-in. |
| Remediation | Apply the fix from the Kiteworks security advisory GHSA-c9w5-4frw-7wqq and check CISA CSAF VA-26-274-01 for any updated guidance; the exact patched version is not supplied in the provided data, so confirm the fixed release in the advisory before upgrading. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report. |
Recommended ActionAI
Within 24 hours, confirm which Kiteworks Email Protection Gateway instances are internet-facing and determine whether certificate-based login is enabled on any of them; where it is enabled, disable certificate-based authentication as the login mechanism until a fix is issued, and where it is not, restrict inbound access to trusted networks and IP ranges via firewall or reverse-proxy rules. …
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EUVD-2026-90385