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CVE-2025-71433: Kaneo before 2.1.6 Missing Authorization Allows Cross-Workspace Data Access

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-10-14 · updated 2026-10-23
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

Kaneo before 2.1.6 contains a missing authorization vulnerability that allows authenticated users to access other workspaces by supplying project, task, label or workspace identifiers to API routes lacking membership checks. Attackers who obtain identifiers, for example from shared project links, can read projects and tasks, modify or delete tasks, labels and comments, and search workspace contents.

Affected products

• usekaneo kaneo: before 2.1.6 — fixed in 2.1.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: usekaneo kaneo 2.1.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/usekaneo/kaneo/blob/v2.1.5/apps/api/src/task/index.ts#L252-L275
• https://github.com/usekaneo/kaneo/commit/6d3555e9c07ec7ce7f68477d669eec67fce33cc3
• https://github.com/usekaneo/kaneo/issues/521
• https://github.com/usekaneo/kaneo/releases/tag/v2.1.6
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kaneo-before-2.1.6-missing-authorization-allows-cross-workspace-data-access
• https://github.com/usekaneo/kaneo/issues/521

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