# CVE-2026-35596: Vikunja has Broken Access Control on Label Read via SQL Operator Precedence Bug

- Also known as: GHSA-HJ5C-MHH2-G7JQ, GO-2026-5428
- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.3.0
- Published: 2026-04-10 · Updated: 2026-04-14

## Affected

- go-vikunja vikunja: fixed in 2.3.0
- code.vikunja.io/api (Go): fixed in 2.3.0
- code.vikunja.io/api (Go): all versions

## Description

Vikunja is an open-source self-hosted task management platform. Prior to 2.3.0, the hasAccessToLabel function contains a SQL operator precedence bug that allows any authenticated user to read any label that has at least one task association, regardless of project access. Label titles, descriptions, colors, and creator information are exposed. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.3.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on go-vikunja vikunja, code.vikunja.io/api, upgrade to a fixed version (2.3.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/security/advisories/GHSA-hj5c-mhh2-g7jq
- https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/pull/2578
- https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/commit/fc216c38afaa51dd56dde7a97343d2148ecf24c1
- https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/releases/tag/v2.3.0

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