CVE-2025-53896 Kiteworks MFT is vulnerable to Insufficient Session Expiration
Attackers can hijack user sessions due to insufficient expiration, allowing unauthorized access to Kiteworks MFT accounts.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-53896?
CVE-2025-53896 is a high-severity vulnerability in kiteworks security-advisories, published on 29 Nov 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-613
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-53896?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Accellion Kiteworks Managed File Transfer.
How do I fix CVE-2025-53896?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-53896 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-53896 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-53896 in the wild and no public exploit code.