CVE-2026-123503 Vikunja before 2.7.1 Improper Authorization in Kanban Bucket Deletion
Medium 5.3
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-123503 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2026-123503 is a medium-severity vulnerability in go-vikunja vikunja, published on 8 Nov 2026.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-123503 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: go-vikunja vikunja. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-123503/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-123503/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-123503?
CVE-2026-123503 is a medium-severity vulnerability in go-vikunja vikunja, published on 8 Nov 2026.
Official description
Vikunja before 2.7.1 contains an improper authorization vulnerability in canDoBucket that allows users with project write access to delete buckets via a mismatched view ID. Attackers can request deletion through another view's bucket endpoint to bypass the last-bucket rule, leaving dangling default/done bucket references and inconsistent task buckets.
Weakness: CWE-639
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-123503?
How do I fix CVE-2026-123503?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-123503 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-123503 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-123503 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9xh7-5jg8-mf43, GHSA-x33j-2f75-fm5m.