CVE-2026-35599Vikunja has an Algorithmic Complexity DoS in Repeating Task Handler
- 6.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.36%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 70% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
Vikunja is an open-source self-hosted task management platform. Prior to 2.3.0, the addRepeatIntervalToTime function uses an O(n) loop that advances a date by the task's RepeatAfter duration until it exceeds the current time. By creating a repeating task with a 1-second interval and a due date far in the past, an attacker triggers billions of loop iterations, consuming CPU and holding a database connection for minutes per request. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.3.0.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitHub_M
- 7 days later
· 7 days later
Published
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.36% · top 70% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Affected products
- affected < 2.3.0
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Gocode.vikunja.io/apiGHSA-r4fg-73rc-hhh7 (opens in a new tab)
References
References4
- https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/security/advisories/GHSA-r4fg-73rc-hhh7 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/pull/2577 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/commit/6df0d6c8f54b01db6464c42810e40e55f12b481b (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/releases/tag/v2.3.0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-21426 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-r4fg-73rc-hhh7 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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