What is CVE-2026-123496?

CVE-2026-123496 is a low-severity vulnerability in Go-Vikunja Vikunja, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2026-11-08.

How severe is CVE-2026-123496?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Go-Vikunja Vikunja

CVE-2026-123496

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.

Published 2026-11-08 · last modified 2026-11-08.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.3 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

Go-Vikunja Vikunja

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-rxwp-q2qg-98vw) (vendor-advisory)
VulnCheck Advisory: Vikunja veans before 2.7.1 Symlink Following in veans init (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-123496?: CVE-2026-123496 is a low-severity vulnerability in Go-Vikunja Vikunja, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2026-11-08.
How severe is CVE-2026-123496?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.