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CVE-2026-123520— Vikunja 0.18.0 before 2.7.1 Privilege Escalation via Account Deletion

Quick assessment

Affected

go-vikunja vikunja

Exploitation

No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; assess based on exposure

Recommended action

Check the vendor advisory and references for a fixed version. If immediate upgrade is impossible, restrict exposure and increase monitoring.

Vikunja 在 0.18.0 至 2.7.1 版本（不含 2.7.1）中存在一个权限提升漏洞。该漏洞允许团队所有者通过删除账户，获取只读共享项目的管理员权限或所有权。攻击者可创建一个机器人账户，将其加入自己的团队，随后通过机器人（bots）接口将其删除。此操作会触发函数，从而将只读共享提升为管理员权限，并导致原项目所有者被锁定无法访问。

CVSS 7.1 · High Updated Nov 08, 2026

Possible ATT&CK Techniques 2 AI

T1548 · Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism T1068 · Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

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Vulnerability Title

Vikunja 0.18.0 before 2.7.1 Privilege Escalation via Account Deletion

Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5

Vulnerability Description

Vikunja from 0.18.0 before 2.7.1 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows team owners to gain admin or ownership of read-only shared projects by deleting accounts. Attackers can create a bot, add it to their team, and delete it through the bots endpoint, triggering ensureProjectAdminUser to promote read-only shares and lock out the real owner.

Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5

CVSS Information

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L

Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5

Vulnerability Type

特权管理不恰当

Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected Versions	CPE	Subscribe
go-vikunja	vikunja	0.18.0 ~ 2.7.1	-

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Other References for CVE-2026-123520 (2)

https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/security/advisories/GHSA-hq66-9qg8-jwqg vendor-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vikunja-0.18.0-before-2.7.1-privilege-escalation-via-account-deletion third-party-advisory

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-123520

Same Patch Batch · go-vikunja · 2026-11-08 · 39 CVEs total

CVE-2026-123531	8.8 HIGH	Vikunja 1.0.0 before 2.7.1 Pagination Limit Bypass via page=0 Parameter
CVE-2026-123522	7.1 HIGH	Vikunja before 2.7.1 Task Information Disclosure via Kanban Bucket Move Webhook
CVE-2026-123497	6.8 MEDIUM	Vikunja veans before 2.7.1 HTTPS to HTTP Downgrade in Server Discovery
CVE-2026-123528	6.8 MEDIUM	Vikunja before 2.7.1 Insufficient Session Expiration via HTTP Token Middleware
CVE-2026-123513	6.8 MEDIUM	Vikunja before 2.7.1 Auth Token Leak via API URL Change
CVE-2026-123525	6.5 MEDIUM	Vikunja before 2.7.1 Memory Exhaustion DoS via Trello, Todoist and Microsoft To Do Migrati
CVE-2026-123523	6.5 MEDIUM	Vikunja before 2.7.1 Memory Exhaustion via Unbounded Avatar Size Cache
CVE-2026-123519	6.5 MEDIUM	Vikunja before 2.7.1 Memory Exhaustion DoS via WeKan and Vikunja-File Imports
CVE-2026-123501	6.5 MEDIUM	Vikunja before 2.7.1 Memory Exhaustion DoS via Unbounded Image Decodes
CVE-2026-123500	6.2 MEDIUM	Vikunja before 2.7.1 Insecure Permissions on Dump Archive via vikunja dump
CVE-2026-123512	6.1 MEDIUM	Vikunja before 2.7.1 Sensitive Token Exposure via URL Query in Access Logs
CVE-2026-123499	5.9 MEDIUM	Vikunja veans before 2.7.1 Credential Leak via Repo-Controlled .veans.yml Server
CVE-2026-123530	5.9 MEDIUM	Vikunja before 2.7.1 Missing Step-Up Authentication via TOTP Enrollment Endpoints
CVE-2026-123521	5.9 MEDIUM	Vikunja before 2.7.1 Password Brute-Force via TOTP Disable Endpoint
CVE-2026-123524	5.7 MEDIUM	Vikunja 0.23.0 before 2.7.1 Information Disclosure via Webhook related_tasks Payload
CVE-2026-123505	5.5 MEDIUM	Vikunja before 2.7.1 World-Readable Local File Storage and SQLite Database
CVE-2026-123493	5.4 MEDIUM	Vikunja from 2.4.0 before 2.7.1 Authentication Bypass via Bot API Tokens
CVE-2026-123526	5.4 MEDIUM	Vikunja before 2.7.1 Mass Assignment via Team external_id Field
CVE-2026-123506	5.4 MEDIUM	Vikunja 2.2.0 before 2.7.1 Token Scope Bypass via Project Webhook Endpoints
CVE-2026-123503	5.4 MEDIUM	Vikunja before 2.7.1 Improper Authorization in Kanban Bucket Deletion

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