Gokapi has privilege escalation via incomplete API-key permission revocation on user rank demotion in github.com/forceu/gokapi

Open Source Vulnerabilities CVE-2026-29061

Gokapi is a self-hosted file sharing server with automatic expiration and encryption support. Prior to version 2.2.3, a privilege escalation vulnerability in the user rank demotion logic allows a demoted user's existing API keys to retain ApiPermManageFileRequests and ApiPermManageLogs permissions, enabling continued access to upload-request management and log viewing endpoints after the user has been stripped of all privileges. This issue has been patched in version 2.2.3.

Open Source Vulnerabilities GHSA-q658-hfpg-35qc

### Summary A privilege escalation vulnerability in the user rank demotion logic allows a demoted user's existing API keys to retain ApiPermManageFileRequests and ApiPermManageLogs permissions, enabling continued access to upload-request management and log viewing endpoints after the user has been stripped of all privileges. ### Impact Any user who previously held Admin rank and had API keys with ApiPermManageFileRequests or ApiPermManageLogs retains those capabilities after demotion. This allows offboarded or demoted users to: - Create, list, and delete upload requests - Read application logs and system status

Open Source Vulnerabilities GO-2026-4626

Gokapi has privilege escalation via incomplete API-key permission revocation on user rank demotion in github.com/forceu/gokapi. NOTE: The source advisory for this report contains additional versions that could not be automatically mapped to standard Go module versions. (If this is causing false-positive reports from vulnerability scanners, please suggest an edit to the report.) The additional affected modules and versions are: github.com/forceu/gokapi before v2.2.3.