Vikunja 2.6.0 contains a broken access control flaw in getProjectAccessForUser (pkg/models/project_access.go), which resolves a user's effective project permission as the maximum over the project tree, silently overriding explicit lower-permission shares on sub-projects. A collaborator with write access on a parent project but read-only access to a child project can modify the child project's tasks and content.

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Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description Vikunja 2.6.0 contains a broken access control flaw in getProjectAccessForUser (pkg/models/project_access.go), which resolves a user's effective project permission as the maximum over the project tree, silently overriding explicit lower-permission shares on sub-projects. A collaborator with write access on a parent project but read-only access to a child project can modify the child project's tasks and content.
Title Vikunja 2.6.0 Broken Access Control via Inherited Project Permissions
First Time appeared Vikunja
Vikunja vikunja
Weaknesses CWE-269
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:vikunja:vikunja:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Vikunja
Vikunja vikunja
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-18T11:17:27.926Z

Reserved: 2026-10-17T12:19:42.358Z

Link: CVE-2026-111920

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-18T11:17:18.551Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-17T19:16:34.680

Modified: 2026-10-18T12:17:10.860

Link: CVE-2026-111920

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-17T21:15:15Z

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