CVE-2026-54766 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-54766: Vikunja: Project duplication bypasses write-permission check on the target parent project

Vendor Go-Vikunja
Product vikunja
Weakness CWE-285
Published August 28, 2026
Last update August 28, 2026

CVSS base score

5.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 28, 2026 CVE published
August 28, 2026 Record updated

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