CVE-2026-55065: Vikunja vulnerable to Improper Authorization and Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
A user with only a single self-owned project can permanently destroy the Kanban bucket assignments (task_buckets) and task ordering (task_positions) of any other project view in the entire instance. The ProjectView.Delete model method runs three SQL statements: the first is properly scoped to (view_id, project_id), but the next two cascading deletes on task_buckets and task_positions filter only on the URL-supplied project_view_id. The permission check (CanDelete) gates on Admin of the URL :project but never confirms that the URL :view actually belongs to that project.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-gg93-x632-9ccv
- github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/commit/6895a7765ef1667be4b79df29549d33b9e1ca9ca
- github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/pull/3239
- github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/releases/tag/v2.4.0
- github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/security/advisories/GHSA-gg93-x632-9ccv
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55065
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