CVE-2026-33334 - Vikunja Desktop: Any frontend XSS escalates to Remote Code Execution due to nodeIntegration

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MEDIUM

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

Published Mar 24, 2026

6.5

MEDIUM

CVSS 4.0

EPSS 0.70%

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.

Affected products

Vendor GO-Vikunja Product Vikunja Default
n/a
- Version
  >= 0.21.0, < 2.2.0
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

GO-Vikunja

Vikunja

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
>= 0.21.0, < 2.2.0	affected	-

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (3)

CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

CWE-79

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

CWE-94

Code Injection

References (3)

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-14907
Advisory
https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/security/advisories/GHSA-xh67-63q3-hf7g
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://vikunja.io/changelog/vikunja-v2.2.0-was-released
x_refsource_MISCRelease Notes

Link	Providers	Tags
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-14907		Advisory
https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/security/advisories/GHSA-xh67-63q3-hf7g		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://vikunja.io/changelog/vikunja-v2.2.0-was-released		x_refsource_MISCRelease Notes