CVE-2026-33334

Vikunja Desktop: Any frontend XSS escalates to Remote Code Execution due to nodeIntegration

Published Mar 24, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Vikunja is an open-source self-hosted task management platform. Starting in version 0.21.0 and prior to version 2.2.0, the Vikunja Desktop Electron wrapper enables `nodeIntegration` in the renderer process without `contextIsolation` or `sandbox`. This means any cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Vikunja web frontend -- present or future -- automatically escalates to full remote code execution on the victim's machine, as injected scripts gain access to Node.js APIs. Version 2.2.0 fixes the issue.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Vikunja
Vikunja vikunja
Weaknesses CWE-79
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:vikunja:vikunja:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Vikunja
Vikunja vikunja
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Go-vikunja
Go-vikunja vikunja
Vendors & Products Go-vikunja
Go-vikunja vikunja
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Vikunja is an open-source self-hosted task management platform. Starting in version 0.21.0 and prior to version 2.2.0, the Vikunja Desktop Electron wrapper enables `nodeIntegration` in the renderer process without `contextIsolation` or `sandbox`. This means any cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Vikunja web frontend -- present or future -- automatically escalates to full remote code execution on the victim's machine, as injected scripts gain access to Node.js APIs. Version 2.2.0 fixes the issue.
Title Vikunja Desktop: Any frontend XSS escalates to Remote Code Execution due to nodeIntegration
Weaknesses CWE-269
CWE-94
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H'}

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Mar 24, 2026, 6:24 PM
Reserved
Mar 18, 2026, 10:15 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Mar 24, 2026, 4:16 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 10:37 AM