Auth bypass in Kiteworks Email Protection Gateway

CVE-2026-102106

Improper authentication in a Kiteworks Email Protection Gateway administrative service. An administrative service in Kiteworks Email Protection Gateway did not consistently enforce administrator authentication, so the required password check could be bypassed. An attacker who referenced a valid administrator account could potentially create, modify, or delete internal users and managed domains and change their security-feature configuration without authenticating; deleting a managed domain also removes its user accounts and could lock administrators out of the gateway.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (48.6th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 49th percentile — 48.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

The 30-day trend appears once there are two daily scores.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-102106?
CVE-2026-102106 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Kiteworks Email Protection Gateway, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2026-09-30.
How severe is CVE-2026-102106?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.