CVE-2026-123496

Vikunja veans before 2.7.1 Symlink Following in veans init

Published Nov 8, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 4.8 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Vikunja veans before 2.7.1 contains a symlink following vulnerability that allows attackers to make veans init write files outside the repository via crafted repo symlinks. Attackers can ship symlinked .veans.yml, .claude, or .opencode entries to overwrite user files like ~/.bashrc or install veans hooks and plugins globally.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Vikunja veans before 2.7.1 contains a symlink following vulnerability that allows attackers to make veans init write files outside the repository via crafted repo symlinks. Attackers can ship symlinked .veans.yml, .claude, or .opencode entries to overwrite user files like ~/.bashrc or install veans hooks and plugins globally.
Title Vikunja veans before 2.7.1 Symlink Following in veans init
First Time appeared Vikunja
Vikunja vikunja
Weaknesses CWE-59
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:vikunja:vikunja:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Vikunja
Vikunja vikunja
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Published
Updated
Nov 12, 2026, 12:09 PM
Reserved
Nov 6, 2026, 12:45 AM
Status
Deferred
Published
Nov 8, 2026, 2:16 AM
Modified
Nov 12, 2026, 1:17 PM