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High · 8.1 CVE-2026-68581 EUVD-2026-51991GHSA-9jrx-vmh8-c6xwGHSA-vvcv-vpph-h844GO-2026-6753

Vikunja 0.22.0 through 2.3.0 Authentication Bypass via Principal ID Collision

Published Aug 2, 2026 · Updated Aug 3, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

Description

Vikunja versions 0.22.0 through 2.3.0 fail to validate the principal type in API token management. Because user IDs and link-share IDs are independent numeric sequences and both resolve through a generic web.Auth.GetID() interface, a link-share JWT whose numeric ID equals a target user's ID is treated as that user by the /api/v1/tokens endpoints. An authenticated attacker can obtain a target's numeric user ID via authenticated user search, then create link shares on an attacker-writable project until the link-share sequence reaches that value, and use the resulting link-share JWT to list, create, and delete the target user's API tokens (including issuing a new token with attacker-chosen scopes under the target's permissions). Fixed in version 2.4.0.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
go-vikunja vikunja 0.22.0 – < 2.4.0 2.4.0

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Go code.vikunja.io/api >= 0.22.0, < 2.4.0 2.4.0 GHSA-vvcv-vpph-h844
Go code.vikunja.io/api >= 0.22.0 — GO-2026-6753

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