CVE-2026-29060 Gokapi: Privilege escalation with auth token

What is CVE-2026-29060?

CVE-2026-29060 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Forceu Gokapi, published on 6 Mar 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Gokapi is a self-hosted file sharing server with automatic expiration and encryption support. Prior to version 2.2.3, a registered user without privileges to create or modify file requests is able to create a short-lived API key that has the permission to do so. The user must be registered with Gokapi. If there are no users with access to the admin/upload menu, there is no impact. This issue has been patched in version 2.2.3.

Weakness: CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-29060?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/forceu/gokapi. It affects 1 product.

Products include Forceu Gokapi.

How do I fix CVE-2026-29060?

Upgrade github.com/forceu/gokapi to 2.2.3 or later.

Is CVE-2026-29060 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-29060 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Forceu Gokapi

• CVE-2026-28683 Gokapi: Stored XSS in SVG Hotlinks High 8.7
• CVE-2026-30955 Gokapi vulnerable to DoS in E2E Metadata Parser Medium 6.5
• CVE-2026-28682 Gokapi: Data Leak in Upload Status Stream Medium 6.4
• CVE-2026-29061 Gokapi: Privilege escalation via incomplete API-key permission revocation on user rank demotion Medium 5.4
• CVE-2025-48494 Gokapi vulnerable to stored XSS via uploading file with malicious file name Medium 4.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-m2hx-wjxc-9fp4, GO-2026-4615.