Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-30943

Access Control in Forceu Gokapi ≤ 2.2.4

Published
13 March 2026
Modified
17 March 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 4.1
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0018 8th percentile
Risk Priority 35 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-30943 is a medium-severity Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) vulnerability in Forceu Gokapi. Its CVSS base score is 4.1 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and AC-24 (Access Control Decisions) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Gokapi is a self-hosted file sharing server with automatic expiration and encryption support. Prior to 2.2.4, An insufficient authorization check in the file replace API allows a user with only list visibility permission (UserPermListOtherUploads) to delete another user's file by…

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abusing the deleteNewFile flag, bypassing the requirement for UserPermDeleteOtherUploads. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.2.4.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
Why these techniques?

Authorization bypass enables low-privileged user to perform unauthorized file deletion, directly facilitating privilege escalation via exploitation of the flawed permission check.

Confidence: MEDIUM · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2026-29061Same product: Forceu Gokapi
CVE-2026-29060Same product: Forceu Gokapi
CVE-2025-48495Same product: Forceu Gokapi
CVE-2026-30955Same product: Forceu Gokapi
CVE-2026-28682Same product: Forceu Gokapi
CVE-2026-30961Same product: Forceu Gokapi
CVE-2026-28683Same product: Forceu Gokapi
CVE-2025-48494Same product: Forceu Gokapi
CVE-2026-33650Shared CWE-863
CVE-2026-32915Shared CWE-863

Affected Assets

forceu
gokapi
≤ 2.2.4

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)
  • AC-3 Access Enforcement
  • AC-6 Least Privilege
  • AC-24 Access Control Decisions
Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 5 hardening rules · 3 OS baselines
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

prevent

Directly enforces authorization checks on the file replace API so that UserPermDeleteOtherUploads is required before any delete action can succeed.

prevent

Ensures the deleteNewFile capability cannot be reached by a principal that only possesses list permissions, limiting the blast radius of the missing check.

prevent

Requires that every access decision for file replacement explicitly evaluates the full set of required permissions rather than relying on a single flag.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.AA-05 mostly match
prevents

Defining, enforcing, and reviewing access authorizations and least privilege directly prevents incorrect authorization checks.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

prevents

Requiring consistency between access rights and classification plus formal approval steps ensures that the authorization logic correctly distinguishes between entities that should and should not be granted access.

prevents

Enforcing policy-driven approval and role-change reviews stops incorrect or stale authorization decisions from remaining in effect after job changes or terminations.

prevents

By tying access rights to identity, device, location and classification, the control reduces the likelihood that an authorization decision will be based on an incorrect or bypassed policy.

References