# CVE-2026-68581: Vikunja 0.22.0 through 2.3.0 Authentication Bypass via Principal ID Collision

- Also known as: GO-2026-6753, GHSA-VVCV-VPPH-H844
- Severity: CVSS 8.6 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/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: 2.4.0
- Published: 2026-08-02 · Updated: 2026-08-03

## Affected

- go-vikunja vikunja: from 0.22.0, fixed in 2.4.0
- code.vikunja.io/api (Go): from 0.22.0
- code.vikunja.io/api (Go): from 0.22.0, fixed in 2.4.0

## Description

Vikunja versions 0.22.0 through 2.3.0 fail to validate the principal type in API token management. Because user IDs and link-share IDs are independent numeric sequences and both resolve through a generic web.Auth.GetID() interface, a link-share JWT whose numeric ID equals a target user's ID is treated as that user by the /api/v1/tokens endpoints. An authenticated attacker can obtain a target's numeric user ID via authenticated user search, then create link shares on an attacker-writable project until the link-share sequence reaches that value, and use the resulting link-share JWT to list, create, and delete the target user's API tokens (including issuing a new token with attacker-chosen scopes under the target's permissions). 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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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/security/advisories/GHSA-vvcv-vpph-h844
- https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/commit/e6b25bd57b537ef9a72b5acdadf446ca5ef77bfa
- https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/commit/95b7e673fb5ee407498fa4b13e8b4c57847a4a0b
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vikunja-through-authentication-bypass-via-principal-id-collision

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