CVE-2026-102116 Kiteworks Email Protection Gateway Path Traversal
An authenticated administrator can write files outside intended locations to execute arbitrary code as the service account.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-102116?
CVE-2026-102116 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Accellion Kiteworks, published on 30 Sep 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
-A weakness could have allowed an authenticated Kiteworks Email Protection Gateway administrator to write a file outside its intended location and cause the application to execute it, potentially resulting in remote code execution as the underlying service account.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-102116?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Accellion Kiteworks.
How do I fix CVE-2026-102116?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-102116 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2026-102116 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-102116 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Accellion Kiteworks
- CVE-2026-102115 Kiteworks Core Authentication Bypass in the Password Reset Workflow
- CVE-2026-102149 Kiteworks Email Protection Gateway Improper Access Control
- CVE-2026-102147 Kiteworks Core Administrative Account Takeover through Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
- CVE-2026-102095 Kiteworks Email Protection Gateway server-side request forgery
- CVE-2026-102102 Kiteworks Email Protection Gateway server-side request forgery