# CVE-2026-102149: Kiteworks Email Protection Gateway Improper Access Control

> An attacker can associate a certificate with another user's account, compromising encrypted mail confidentiality and potentially enabling unauthorized access if certificate-based login is enabled.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Sep 2026
- **Updated:** 1 Oct 2026

## What is CVE-2026-102149?

CVE-2026-102149 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in Accellion Kiteworks, published on 30 Sep 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-306 (Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-102149?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Accellion Kiteworks.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-102149?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-102149 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-102149 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-102149 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Accellion Kiteworks

- [CVE-2026-102115](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-102115/): Kiteworks Core Authentication Bypass in the Password Reset Workflow (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-102147](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-102147/): Kiteworks Core Administrative Account Takeover through Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2026-102095](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-102095/): Kiteworks Email Protection Gateway server-side request forgery (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2026-102102](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-102102/): Kiteworks Email Protection Gateway server-side request forgery (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2026-102103](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-102103/): Kiteworks Email Protection Gateway server-side request forgery (critical 9.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-102149 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-102149 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in Accellion Kiteworks, published on 30 Sep 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-102149 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Accellion Kiteworks. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-102149/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-102149/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-102149
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102149
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-102149

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-102149/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.