Vikunja: Permissive Cross-domain Security Policy trusts every localhost origin which should not be trusted — GHSA-M687-P538-R5HP

Summary

## Summary Vikunja ships with `cors.origins` defaulting to `http://127.0.0.1:*` and `http://localhost:*`, and sends `Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: true`, so a page served from any port on the user's own machine may make credentialed cross-origin requests to the API and read the responses. The mandatory `service.publicurl` is appended to that default list rather than replacing it, so a fully configured…

Timeline

Published by source

2026-10-09

Risk context

• Reported severity or threat level: high.
• Reported CVSS score: 7.2 out of 10.
• Review exposure for the affected product or family: go: code.vikunja.io/api.

Product

go: code.vikunja.io/api

What to do

General, cautious steps (verify details in the official source):

• Prioritize patching or mitigation immediately (treat as actively risky).
• Identify affected product versions in your inventory and verify whether you are impacted.
• Apply vendor patches/updates or recommended mitigations as soon as available.
• Read the official advisory for exact affected versions and remediation steps.

Official advisory

• Read the official source

Evidence and provenance

Canonical advisory ID

GHSA-M687-P538-R5HP

Source

GitHub

Vendor

GitHub

Published by source

2026-10-09

Last source activity

2026-10-09

Curated by

hlukh.ch

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