Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-33700

Access Control in Vikunja ≤ 2.2.1

Published
24 March 2026
Modified
30 March 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v4 6.9
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Raw vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0021 11th percentile
Risk Priority 35 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-33700 is a medium-severity Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639) vulnerability in Vikunja Vikunja. Its CVSS base score is 6.9 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 11th 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

Vikunja is an open-source self-hosted task management platform. Prior to version 2.2.1, the `DELETE /api/v1/projects/:project/shares/:share` endpoint does not verify that the link share belongs to the project specified in the URL. An attacker with admin access to any project can…

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delete link shares from other projects by providing their own project ID combined with the target share ID. Version 2.2.1 patches the issue.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
Why these techniques?

CWE-639 IDOR authz bypass on DELETE endpoint allows unauthorized cross-project deletion by valid project admins, directly enabling exploitation of the public/self-hosted web app.

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

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CVE-2026-27116Same product: Vikunja Vikunja
CVE-2026-33316Same product: Vikunja Vikunja
CVE-2026-33668Same product: Vikunja Vikunja
CVE-2026-34727Same product: Vikunja Vikunja
CVE-2026-25935Same product: Vikunja Vikunja

Affected Assets

vikunja
vikunja
≤ 2.2.1

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)
  • AC-3 Access Enforcement
  • AC-4 Information Flow Enforcement
  • AC-24 Access Control Decisions
Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

prevent

Directly enforces authorization checks so that a share ID supplied in a DELETE request is verified as belonging to the project ID in the same URL before the operation is allowed.

prevent

Enforces information-flow rules between distinct project objects, blocking cross-project deletion of shares even when the caller possesses admin rights on another project.

prevent

Requires explicit access-control decisions that incorporate object ownership attributes, preventing the missing ownership verification that enables the described attack.

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 full match
prevents

Enforcing authorization policy and least privilege directly blocks user-controlled key tampering that bypasses access checks.

PR.IR-01 mostly match
prevents

Logical access controls prevent unauthorized data access that results from missing authorization checks on object references.

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.

detects

Security testing can detect missing authorization checks but does not prevent the weakness in production.

prevents

Information access restriction explicitly enforces that users may only retrieve data they are authorized to see, directly addressing user-controlled key bypass.

prevents

Access control policy directly requires enforcement of authorization rules that prevent unauthorized access via manipulated keys.

prevents

Managing access rights includes ensuring users can only access their own records and not bypass authorization by altering identifiers.

mitigates

Privileged access rights control restricts what data each user may access, mitigating direct object reference attacks.

prevents

Secure development lifecycle includes authorization design but does not itself implement runtime access checks.

References