Vikunja incomplete fix for CVE-2026-35595: Write-only user can detach shared project from parent hierarchy via parent_project_id=0

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-55064
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerGitHub_M
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-08-28 20:18:23 UTC
Updated2026-08-28 22:16:50 UTC
DescriptionVikunja is an open-source self-hosted task management platform. From 2.3.0 until 2.4.0, a user with Write but not Admin permission on a shared child project can detach it from its parent hierarchy by submitting parent_project_id equal to 0 to POST /api/v1/projects/{project}. The Project.CanUpdate authorization check in pkg/models/project_permissions.go and UpdateProject logic in pkg/models/project.go only gate nonzero parent values, while UpdateProject always persists parent_project_id, so the explicit zero value bypasses the Admin requirement introduced for CVE-2026-35595. Detachment severs the recursive permission-inheritance chain and can disrupt the owner’s hierarchy and inherited collaborator access. This issue is fixed in version 2.4.0.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 4.3 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

EPSS: 0.002680000 probability, percentile 0.185810000 (date 2026-08-31)

Problem Types: CWE-862 | CWE-862 CWE-862: Missing Authorization

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary4.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
3.1CNADECLARED4.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Go-vikunja Vikunja affected >= 2.3.0, < 2.4.0 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/releases/tag/v2.4.0 [email protected] github.com
github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/pull/3239 [email protected] github.com
github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/commit/781ffac198548ae4f3d1febc613caed8e0e... [email protected] github.com
github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/security/advisories/GHSA-44v6-7fxq-vgf4 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 github.com
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