CVE-2026-123530 Vikunja before 2.7.1 Missing Step-Up Authentication via TOTP Enrollment Endpoints
Medium 6.0
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-123530 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2026-123530 is a medium-severity vulnerability in go-vikunja vikunja, published on 8 Nov 2026.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-123530 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-2026-123530/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-123530/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-123530?
CVE-2026-123530 is a medium-severity vulnerability in go-vikunja vikunja, published on 8 Nov 2026.
Official description
Vikunja before 2.7.1 contains a missing authentication vulnerability that allows attackers holding a stolen session to enroll and enable TOTP without the account password. Attackers can call the TOTP enroll and enable endpoints with their own secret to lock the owner out, persisting even after password reset.
Weakness: CWE-306
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-123530?
How do I fix CVE-2026-123530?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-123530 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-123530 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-123530 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7jfp-xpw2-2j25, GHSA-h4q3-mc9r-q7vv.