Description
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.
Published: 2026-09-11
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-pj8j-p4g4-4vw8 Kimai has Server-Side Request Forgery in Invoice PDF Rendering via Markdown Image URLs
History

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 23:45:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title Kimai has Server-Side Request Forgery in Invoice PDF Rendering via Markdown Image URLs
Weaknesses CWE-918
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-11T21:08:47.179Z

Reserved: 2026-06-01T22:03:19.641Z

Link: CVE-2026-49865

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-11T21:17:10.783

Modified: 2026-09-11T21:17:10.783

Link: CVE-2026-49865

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-918

    Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)