Answer in brief
CVE-2026-52824 records a Critical severity (CVSS 9.1) vulnerability in Kimai: Default APP_SECRET in Docker Image Enables Cookie Forgery and Account Takeover. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps kimai/kimai (composer), kimai/kimai (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 9.1. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps kimai/kimai (composer), kimai/kimai (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| kimai/kimaicomposer | <=2.57.0 | 2.58.0 |
| kimai/kimaigeneric | <2.58.0 | 2.58.0 |
Published upstream
Sep 15, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Sep 30, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Jul 14, 2026
Kimai is an open-source time tracking application. Prior to 2.58.0, the official Docker image sets APP_SECRET to the public value change_this_to_something_unique in Dockerfile, and .docker/entrypoint.sh neither replaces nor rejects that value before Symfony uses it as kernel.secret. An unauthenticated attacker who reaches a deployment that did not override APP_SECRET, knows a username, correctly guesses the account ID associated with that username, and targets an account without active two-factor authentication can forge HMAC-protected authentication artifacts, including KIMAI_REMEMBER cookies and login links, to access the account without its password. The updated entrypoint generates and persists a random secret when no safe operator-provided value exists. This issue is fixed in version 2.58.0.
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