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

- Also known as: GO-2026-4615, GHSA-M2HX-WJXC-9FP4
- Severity: CVSS 5.0 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.2.3
- Published: 2026-03-06 · Updated: 2026-03-06

## Affected

- Forceu Gokapi: fixed in 2.2.3
- github.com/forceu/gokapi (Go): all versions
- github.com/forceu/gokapi (Go): fixed in 2.2.3

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Forceu Gokapi, github.com/forceu/gokapi, upgrade to a fixed version (2.2.3) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/Forceu/Gokapi/security/advisories/GHSA-m2hx-wjxc-9fp4
- https://github.com/Forceu/Gokapi/releases/tag/v2.2.3

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