Kimai has Missing Object-Level Authorization in the Team API
Summary
The Team API endpoints use #[IsGranted('edit_team')] instead of #[IsGranted('edit', 'team')], causing Symfony TeamVoter to abstain from voting. This removes entity-level ownership checks on team operations, allowing any user with the edit_team permission to modify any team, not just teams they are authorized to manage.
Details
All 8 team association endpoints in src/API/TeamController.php (lines 177, 201, 229, 252, 275, 298, 321, 339) use #[IsGranted('edit_team')] with a single argument. The web controller at src/Controller/TeamController.php:118 correctly uses #[IsGranted('edit', 'team')] with two arguments, passing the $team parameter as the subject. When edit_team is passed as the attribute, TeamVoter::supportsAttribute() returns false because it only recognizes view, edit, and delete. The voter abstains entirely. Only RolePermissionVoter fires, which checks the role-level permission without any entity-level ownership validation.
PoC
Authenticate as a user with edit_team permission who is NOT a member of Team 1
curl -X POST https://TARGET/api/teams/1/members/2 \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
Expected: 403 Forbidden (user is not ROLE_ADMIN/ROLE_SUPER_ADMIN, or member of Team 1)
Actual (pre-2.54.0): 200 OK, user added to Team 1
Impact
In default configuration, only ROLE_ADMIN and ROLE_SUPER_ADMIN have edit_team, and both roles already have irrevocable view_all_data access, making the missing check redundant. The vulnerability becomes exploitable if an administrator grants edit_team to a lower-privilege role (such as ROLE_TEAMLEAD) through the permissions UI. In that scenario, the lower-privilege user could modify any team's membership, customer assignments, project assignments, and activity assignments without being a member or teamlead of that team.
Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Composer package | kimai/kimai | < 2.54.0 | 2.54.0 |
References
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-862- Platform
- Composer
- Package
kimai/kimai- Disclosed
- 24.04.2026
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 10:22
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-jv9x-w4gm-hwcm - CC BY 4.0
Vulnerability history: kimai/kimai
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- Total entries
- 33
- First → latest
- 02.2023 07.2026
- Without a fix
- 1
- Exploited in attacks
- 0
Severity breakdown
- Critical 2
- High 4
- Medium 20
- Low 7
Disclosures per year
- 2023: 2
- 2024: 3
- 2025: 1
- 2026: 27
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