WekanApplication · Wekan Project

CVE-2026-1896

MEDIUM · 6.3 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-02-05
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 8.21 or later.
See remediation →
69/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
A vulnerability has been found in WeKan up to 8.20. Affected by this vulnerability is the function ComprehensiveBoardMigration of the file server/migrations/comprehensiveBoardMigration.js of the component Migration Operation Handler. The manipulation of the argument boardId leads to improper access controls. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Upgrading to version 8.21 addresses this issue. The identifier of the patch is cc35dafef57ef6e44a514a523f9a8d891e74ad8f. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis
How this class of weakness works · CWE-266

A user or process is granted a privilege it should not have, so anyone who reaches that path inherits capability beyond what was intended. Attackers seek out exactly these over-granted routes. The fix is assigning the minimum privilege required and verifying every grant explicitly rather than assuming it.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
WekanApplication
Affected:< 8.21

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

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dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 8.21 or later
Fixed in 8.21
Vendor patch github.com →
Recommended fix High confidence

Wekan 8.21

  1. Backup your Wekan installation and database before upgrading
  2. Upgrade Wekan to version 8.21 or later
  3. Verify the upgrade was successful by checking the Wekan version
  4. Test that board migration operations work correctly

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

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