CVE-2026-30943 Gokapi has Privilege Escalation in File Replace

What is CVE-2026-30943?

CVE-2026-30943 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Forceu Gokapi, published on 13 Mar 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Gokapi is a self-hosted file sharing server with automatic expiration and encryption support. Prior to 2.2.4, An insufficient authorization check in the file replace API allows a user with only list visibility permission (UserPermListOtherUploads) to delete another user's file by abusing the deleteNewFile flag, bypassing the requirement for UserPermDeleteOtherUploads. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.2.4.

Weakness: CWE-863

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-30943?

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-2026-30943?

Upgrade github.com/forceu/gokapi to 2.2.4 or later.

Is CVE-2026-30943 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-30943 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-2026-29060 Gokapi: Privilege escalation with auth token Medium 5.0

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-j6jp-78w8-34x6, GO-2026-4696.