vikunja versions before 2.6.0 contain a resource exhaustion vulnerability in the task-filter endpoint that accepts deeply nested filter expressions without recursion depth limits. Authenticated attackers can supply thousands of nested parentheses in the filter query parameter to exhaust memory and terminate the API process.

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Tue, 15 Sep 2026 22:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Go-vikunja
Go-vikunja vikunja
Vendors & Products Go-vikunja
Go-vikunja vikunja

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description vikunja versions before 2.6.0 contain a resource exhaustion vulnerability in the task-filter endpoint that accepts deeply nested filter expressions without recursion depth limits. Authenticated attackers can supply thousands of nested parentheses in the filter query parameter to exhaust memory and terminate the API process.
Title vikunja before 2.6.0 Denial of Service via unbounded filter recursion
First Time appeared Vikunja
Vikunja vikunja
Weaknesses CWE-674
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:vikunja:vikunja:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Vikunja
Vikunja vikunja
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-15T15:56:07.929Z

Reserved: 2026-09-15T11:08:44.670Z

Link: CVE-2026-91968

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-15T15:55:54.060Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-15T16:17:53.093

Modified: 2026-09-15T16:17:53.093

Link: CVE-2026-91968

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-15T22:30:14Z

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