Credential exposure in Vikunja lets attackers steal auth tokens
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Passive
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-201.
Summary
The go-vikunja Vikunja package is affected before 2.7.1. The checkAndSetApiUrl function leaves origin-independent localStorage tokens in place when the frontend API URL changes, so stored credentials are sent to the new server (CWE-201). A remote attacker who induces a user to switch the API URL can steal the bearer token and desktop OAuth refresh token, enabling account takeover.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-08
Description from the CNA
Vikunja before 2.7.1 contains a credential exposure vulnerability that allows attackers to steal stored auth tokens by inducing users to switch the frontend API URL. Because checkAndSetApiUrl leaves origin-independent localStorage tokens in place, the bearer token and desktop OAuth refresh token are sent to the attacker's server, enabling account takeover.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| go-vikunja | vikunja | before 2.7.1 | 2.7.1 | Patch available | CNA |
- vikunja Vendorgo-vikunja Affected before 2.7.1 Fixed in 2.7.1 Patch available CNA
CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1
Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:vikunja:vikunja:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | go-vikunja |
- cpe:2.3:a:vikunja:vikunja:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·go-vikunja
Remediation
Upgrade the vikunja product from go-vikunja to version 2.7.1, which fixes this flaw.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-08
- Fix · CNA vikunja (go-vikunja) Fixed in 2.7.1
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
go-vikunja vikunja 2.7.1
39 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 20 MEDIUM, 19 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-86673 Pagination limit bypass in Vikunja lets users exhaust resourcesPriority MEDIUM 53
- TI-2026-86654 Vikunja exposes password-reset tokens in access logsPriority MEDIUM 52
- TI-2026-86670 Insufficient session expiration in Vikunja token middlewarePriority MEDIUM 48
Timeline
- 2026-11-08 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-123513
- 2026-11-08 Alias added: GHSA-h52v-3vxf-m2vc
References
More go-vikunja vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-40929 Authorization bypass in go-vikunja Vikunja CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-21967 Vijkunja has Weak Password Policy Combined with Persistent Sessions After Password Change CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-62115 Vikunja before 2.6.0 Privilege Escalation via Link Share Hash CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-62108 Vikunja before 2.6.0 Authentication Bypass via CalDAV BasicAuth CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-62107 Vikunja before 2.6.0 Authentication Bypass via Unthrottled API CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-26971 Vikunja ahs a TOTP Two-Factor Authentication Bypass via OIDC Login Path CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
Sources
- CVE-2026-123513 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-123513 · NVD
- GHSA-h52v-3vxf-m2vc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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