Description
Vikunja is an open-source self-hosted task management platform. From 0.21.0 until 2.4.0, the project duplication operation in pkg/models/project_duplicate.go allows an authenticated user who can read a source project to place its duplicate beneath an arbitrary target parent project. ProjectDuplicate.CanCreate calls parent.CanCreate on an unhydrated Project containing only the body supplied parent_project_id instead of calling parent.CanWrite, so the target parent write-permission check is skipped. The ordinary project creation path enforces that permission, but PUT /api/v1/projects/{project}/duplicate does not, allowing attacker-owned content to be injected into another user or team project hierarchy. This issue is fixed in version 2.4.0.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| go-vikunja | vikunja | >= 0.21.0, < 2.4.0 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
SUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES for SAP 16.0 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20260902T191204-160000.1.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:23712-1, SUSE-SU-2026:23692-1 |
| SLES 16.0 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20260902T191204-160000.1.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:23712-1, SUSE-SU-2026:23692-1 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20260902T191204-160000.1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:21812-1 |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go | code.vikunja.io/api | >= 0.21.0, < 2.4.0 | 2.4.0 | GHSA-f27p-pw2p-9pr4 |
| Go | code.vikunja.io/api | >= 0.21.0 | — | GO-2026-6311 |
Advisories 3
- SUSE-SU-2026:23692-1 Security update for govulncheck-vulndb SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Sep 29, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:23712-1 Security update for govulncheck-vulndb SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Sep 29, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2026:21812-1 Security update for govulncheck-vulndb SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Sep 10, 2026