# CVE-2026-54766: Vikunja: Project duplication bypasses write-permission check on the target parent project

- Also known as: GHSA-F27P-PW2P-9PR4, GO-2026-6311
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.4.0
- Published: 2026-08-28 · Updated: 2026-08-28

## Affected

- go-vikunja vikunja: from 0.21.0, fixed in 2.4.0
- code.vikunja.io/api (Go): from 0.21.0, fixed in 2.4.0
- code.vikunja.io/api (Go): from 0.21.0

## Description

Vikunja is an open-source self-hosted task management platform. From 0.21.0 until 2.4.0, the project duplication operation in pkg/models/project_duplicate.go allows an authenticated user who can read a source project to place its duplicate beneath an arbitrary target parent project. ProjectDuplicate.CanCreate calls parent.CanCreate on an unhydrated Project containing only the body supplied parent_project_id instead of calling parent.CanWrite, so the target parent write-permission check is skipped. The ordinary project creation path enforces that permission, but PUT /api/v1/projects/{project}/duplicate does not, allowing attacker-owned content to be injected into another user or team project hierarchy. This issue is fixed in version 2.4.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on go-vikunja vikunja, code.vikunja.io/api, upgrade to a fixed version (2.4.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/security/advisories/GHSA-f27p-pw2p-9pr4
- https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/pull/3239
- https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/commit/d911caaa11c748c3abc6b98b3189afea2677bcb0
- https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/releases/tag/v2.4.0

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