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Medium · 4.3 CVE-2026-55064 EUVD-2026-67831GHSA-44v6-7fxq-vgf4GO-2026-6306

Vikunja incomplete fix for CVE-2026-35595: Write-only user can detach shared project from parent hierarchy via parent_project_id=0

Published Aug 28, 2026 · Updated Aug 28, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Vikunja is an open-source self-hosted task management platform. From 2.3.0 until 2.4.0, a user with Write but not Admin permission on a shared child project can detach it from its parent hierarchy by submitting parent_project_id equal to 0 to POST /api/v1/projects/{project}. The Project.CanUpdate authorization check in pkg/models/project_permissions.go and UpdateProject logic in pkg/models/project.go only gate nonzero parent values, while UpdateProject always persists parent_project_id, so the explicit zero value bypasses the Admin requirement introduced for CVE-2026-35595. Detachment severs the recursive permission-inheritance chain and can disrupt the owner’s hierarchy and inherited collaborator access. This issue is fixed in version 2.4.0.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
go-vikunja vikunja >= 2.3.0, < 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.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
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
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 16.0 govulncheck-vulndb 0.0.20260902T191204-160000.1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21812-1

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Go code.vikunja.io/api >= 2.3.0, < 2.4.0 2.4.0 GHSA-44v6-7fxq-vgf4
Go code.vikunja.io/api all versions — GO-2026-6306

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