CVE-2026-123520 PUBLISHED

Vikunja 0.18.0 before 2.7.1 Privilege Escalation via Account Deletion

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 06.11.2026 Published: 08.11.2026 Updated: 08.11.2026

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.

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 7.1

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Network	Confidentiality	None	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	High	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	Low	Availability	None
Privileges Required	Low
User Interaction	None

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
CVSS Score: 7.1

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	None
Privileges Required	Low	Integrity Impact	High
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	Low

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	go-vikunja
Product	vikunja
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 0.18.0 to 2.7.1 (excl.) Version 2.7.1 is unaffected

CVE-2026-123520 PUBLISHED

Vikunja 0.18.0 before 2.7.1 Privilege Escalation via Account Deletion

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