Medium severity · published Aug 28, 2026
CVE-2026-54766
Vikunja: Project duplication bypasses write-permission check on the target parent project
5.3
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 37% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VI
vikunja · go-vikunja
>= 0.21.0, < 2.4.0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-54766
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-54766
github.com
https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/commit/d911caaa11c748c3abc6b98b3189afea2677bcb0
github.com
https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/pull/3239
github.com
https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/releases/tag/v2.4.0
github.com
https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/security/advisories/GHSA-f27p-pw2p-9pr4
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