CVE-2025-53900 Kiteworks MFT has a Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions
Authorized users can escalate privileges due to unsafe role definitions in Kiteworks MFT connection management.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-53900?
CVE-2025-53900 is a medium-severity vulnerability in kiteworks security-advisories, published on 29 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-267
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-53900?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Accellion Kiteworks Managed File Transfer.
How do I fix CVE-2025-53900?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-53900 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-53900 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-53900 in the wild and no public exploit code.