CVE-2026-49865

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.35.3—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 5.3 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.3%, top 74% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, secondary
5.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.3Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Kimai is an open-source time tracking application. Versions prior to 2.58.0 contain a server-side request forgery vulnerability in their invoice PDF preview and generation workflow. If an attacker can control Markdown content that is later rendered into an invoice PDF, such as Customer.invoiceText, the server-side PDF renderer will fetch remote image URLs embedded in Markdown image syntax. This allows the application server to issue outbound requests to attacker-controlled or internal targets during PDF rendering. The behavior can be used for internal network probing, server-side reachability checks, and potentially follow-on exploitation depending on deployment environment and accessible internal services. Version 2.58.0 patches the issue.

CVSS v3
5.3
EG Score
5.3(medium)
EG Risk
24(Track)
EG Risk 24/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity53% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
26%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 10, 2026

Last Modified

September 14, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Sep 11, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. Patch available. Sources: github.
github Patch Available🟡 PoC Available

Server-Side Request Forgery in Kimai Invoice PDF Rendering via Markdown Image URLs · Advisory · kimai/kimai · GitHub

https://github.com/kimai/kimai/security/advisories/GHSA-pj8j-p4g4-4vw8

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-49865(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Packagist(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
kimai/kimai0.1 ... 2.9.0 (203 versions)2.58.0—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 13× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-09-20 20:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-09-18 05:18 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-09-14 20:27 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-14 20:16 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-09-14 06:59 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-09-13 16:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-09-13 08:12 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-09-11 21:24 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-11 21:14 UTCEG score recompute▲ 5.30
  13. 2026-09-11 21:13 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 5.3 · CVSS v4 → 5.3
  14. 2026-08-01 05:10 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-07-26 12:11 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-07-23 03:18 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-07-10 16:14 UTCEG score recompute

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-49865?
CVE-2026-49865 is a medium vulnerability published on July 10, 2026. Kimai is an open-source time tracking application. Versions prior to 2.58.0 contain a server-side request forgery vulnerability in their invoice PDF preview and generation workflow. If an attacker can control Markdown content that is later rendered into an invoice PDF, such as Customer.invoiceText,…
When was CVE-2026-49865 disclosed?
CVE-2026-49865 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 10, 2026, with the most recent update on September 14, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-49865 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-49865 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 74.0% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-49865?
CVE-2026-49865 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-49865?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-49865, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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