High severity · published Aug 2, 2026
CVE-2026-68581
Vikunja 0.22.0 through 2.3.0 Authentication Bypass via Principal ID Collision
8.1
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 40% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VI
vikunja · go-vikunja
0.22.0 before 2.4.0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-68581
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68581
github.com
https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/commit/95b7e673fb5ee407498fa4b13e8b4c57847a4a0b
github.com
https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/commit/e6b25bd57b537ef9a72b5acdadf446ca5ef77bfa
github.com
https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/security/advisories/GHSA-vvcv-vpph-h844
www.vulncheck.com
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vikunja-through-authentication-bypass-via-principal-id-collision
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