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SCA: security update for code.vikunja.io/api (GHSA-v479-vf79-mg83)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 440153

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Vikunja is an open-source self-hosted task management platform. Prior to 2.3.0, Vikunja's scoped API token
 enforcement for custom project background routes is method-confused. A token with only projects.background
 can successfully delete a project background, while a token with only projects.background_delete is
 rejected. This is a scoped-token authorization bypass. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.3.0.
 (CVE-2026-40103)

Solution

Update the code.vikunja.io/api library and its related packages to version 2.3.0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v479-vf79-mg83

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 440153

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 4/10/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.8

Percentile: 57.69

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-40103

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/10/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-40103

cwe: CWE-863