Kiwi TCMS: The /init-db/ page renders and responds to requests after first use

published 2026-07-02 4 mo ago modified 2026-09-30 39 d ago also EUVD-2026-82384 , GHSA-v8rp-6xcv-fwgh , PYSEC-2026-2553

cvss: 0.0; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 38%
public exploits: 0; none known

Kiwi TCMS is an open source test management system. Prior to 16.0, the unauthenticated /init-db/ page handled by InitDBView in tcms/core/views.py remains reachable after initial setup and proxies repeated requests to Kiwi/manage.py migrate. The migration command is reentrant, so repeated access reports that no migrations are available and does not cause data loss, alter application state, reveal confidential information, or produce a documented availability impact. This issue is fixed in version 16.0.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 3

kiwitcms kiwi_tcms 16.0

github.com/kiwitcms/Kiwi@d364ec4 commit
github.com/kiwitcms/Kiwi#4364 pull request
github.com/kiwitcms/Kiwi/releases/tag/v16.0 release

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 52 d ago (2026-09-17)

Exploit prediction

0.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	0.0	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
pypi	kiwitcms	<=12.4	no fix listed

Affected products

kiwitcms Kiwi

Classification

Weakness

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.

Summary