# CVE-2026-33678: Vikunja has IDOR in Task Attachment ReadOne Allows Cross-Project File Access and Deletion

- Also known as: GO-2026-4853, GHSA-JFMM-MJCP-8WQ2
- Severity: CVSS 8.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.2.1
- Published: 2026-03-24 · Updated: 2026-03-24

## Affected

- go-vikunja vikunja: fixed in 2.2.1
- code.vikunja.io/api (Go): all versions
- code.vikunja.io/api (Go): fixed in 2.2.1

## Description

Vikunja is an open-source self-hosted task management platform. Prior to version 2.2.1, `TaskAttachment.ReadOne()` queries attachments by ID only (`WHERE id = ?`), ignoring the task ID from the URL path. The permission check in `CanRead()` validates access to the task specified in the URL, but `ReadOne()` loads a different attachment that may belong to a task in another project. This allows any authenticated user to download or delete any attachment in the system by providing their own accessible task ID with a target attachment ID. Attachment IDs are sequential integers, making enumeration trivial. Version 2.2.1 patches the issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on go-vikunja vikunja, code.vikunja.io/api, upgrade to a fixed version (2.2.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/security/advisories/GHSA-jfmm-mjcp-8wq2
- https://vikunja.io/changelog/vikunja-v2.2.2-was-released

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