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CVE-2026-123520VulnerabilityPublished

Vikunja from 0.18.0 before 2.7.1 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows team owners to gain admin

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-123520· High 7.1

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.1 High : upgrade to 2.7.1 soon.

Data as of 8 Nov 2026, 06:49 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
7.1High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (VulnCheck)CVSS 4.07.1
CNA (VulnCheck)CVSS 3.17.1
Patch
Available – fixed in 2.7.1
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 8 Nov 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 7 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade vikunja to 2.7.1.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
go-vikunjavikunjaAffected
  • >=0.18.0 <2.7.1
Fixed in
  • 2.7.1
Govikunjapkg:golang/vikunjaOther threatsAffected
  • >=0.18.0 <2.7.1
Fixed in
  • 2.7.1

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AI-suggested

If you cannot patch yet, restrict team owner permissions where possible and monitor for suspicious account deletion activities related to bots.

Description

Vikunja versions from 0.18.0 up to but not including 2.7.1 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability. This flaw allows team owners to escalate their privileges to admin or ownership of read-only shared projects by exploiting account deletion functionality. Specifically, attackers can create a bot, add it to their team, and then delete it via the bots endpoint, which triggers a function that improperly promotes read-only shares and locks out the legitimate owner.

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