CVE-2026-57458: Vikunja: Scoped API token can mint unrestricted OAuth session credentials
A scoped API token can bypass its declared permissions by using the OAuth authorization flow to mint normal session credentials.
A token limited to:
{"oauth":["authorize"]}
can call /api/v1/oauth/authorize, receive an OAuth authorization code, exchange it at /api/v1/oauth/token, and obtain a normal bearer JWT plus refresh token. The resulting credentials are not restricted by the original API-token permissions.
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