Vikunja before 2.6.0 Resource Exhaustion via Planka Migration
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-770.
Summary
Vikunja versions before 2.6.0 contain a resource exhaustion vulnerability in the Planka migrator that fails to enforce aggregate memory budgets during migration jobs. Authenticated attackers can submit migration requests pointing to attacker-controlled servers advertising numerous size-compliant attachments, exhausting worker memory and causing denial of service for all users.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| go-vikunja | vikunja | before 2.6.0 | 2.6.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | code.vikunja.io/api (Go) | 2.5.0 to before 2.6.0 | 2.6.0 | Patch available | GHSA-wq92-8x3r-fm38 |
- vikunja Vendorgo-vikunja Affected before 2.6.0 Fixed in 2.6.0 Patch available CNA
- code.vikunja.io/api (Go) Vendor— Affected 2.5.0 to before 2.6.0 Fixed in 2.6.0 Patch available GHSA-wq92-8x3r-fm38
CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1
Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:vikunja:vikunja:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | go-vikunja |
- cpe:2.3:a:vikunja:vikunja:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·go-vikunja
Remediation
- Fix · CNA vikunja (go-vikunja) Fixed in 2.6.0
- Fix · GHSA-wq92-8x3r-fm38 code.vikunja.io/api (Go) Fixed in 2.6.0 Advisory →
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
go-vikunja vikunja 2.6.0
13 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 3 HIGH, 7 MEDIUM, 3 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-62115 Vikunja before 2.6.0 Privilege Escalation via Link Share HashPriority HIGH 77
- TI-2026-62108 Vikunja before 2.6.0 Authentication Bypass via CalDAV BasicAuthPriority HIGH 77
- TI-2026-62107 Vikunja before 2.6.0 Authentication Bypass via Unthrottled APIPriority HIGH 77
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-91970
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c2g7-39fr-cp8q
- 2026-10-10 Alias added: GHSA-wq92-8x3r-fm38
- 2026-10-10 Fix available: Go/code.vikunja.io/[email protected] · GHSA-wq92-8x3r-fm38
- 2026-10-10 CVSS score added · GHSA-wq92-8x3r-fm38
- 2026-10-10 Weakness changed · GHSA-wq92-8x3r-fm38
- 2026-10-10 5 new references · GHSA-wq92-8x3r-fm38
References
More go-vikunja vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-40929 Authorization bypass in go-vikunja Vikunja CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-21967 Vijkunja has Weak Password Policy Combined with Persistent Sessions After Password Change CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-62115 Vikunja before 2.6.0 Privilege Escalation via Link Share Hash CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-62108 Vikunja before 2.6.0 Authentication Bypass via CalDAV BasicAuth CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-62107 Vikunja before 2.6.0 Authentication Bypass via Unthrottled API CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-26971 Vikunja ahs a TOTP Two-Factor Authentication Bypass via OIDC Login Path CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
Sources
- CVE-2026-91970 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-91970 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-c2g7-39fr-cp8q · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- GHSA-wq92-8x3r-fm38 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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