# CVE-2026-68901: WeKan Board Export REST Endpoints: NULL Pointer Dereference on Invalid authToken Leads to Uncaught Exception / Remote Denial of Service

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 10.38
- Published: 2026-08-19 · Updated: 2026-08-19

## Affected

- wekan: fixed in 10.38

## Description

Wekan is open source kanban built with Meteor. Prior to 10.38, the /api/boards/:boardId/export, /api/boards/:boardId/attachments/:attachmentId/export, /api/boards/:boardId/export/csv, and /api/boards/:boardId/exportExcel handlers in models/export.js and models/exportExcel.js looked up a user from the attacker-controlled authToken query parameter and immediately called user._id.toString() without checking whether ReactiveCache.getUser() returned undefined. A request for a private board with an unknown token therefore threw a TypeError from an asynchronous route, producing an unhandled rejection that could terminate the Wekan process and deny service to all users. Version 10.38 adds a 401 guard after every export token lookup and wraps export handlers with safeRoute() so unexpected exceptions become controlled responses. This issue is fixed in version 10.38.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on wekan, upgrade to a fixed version (10.38) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/wekan/wekan/security/advisories/GHSA-3gcg-g6rf-w2rx
- https://github.com/wekan/wekan/commit/40de1799aed7c31494579659850578691171d895
- https://github.com/wekan/wekan/releases/tag/v10.38

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