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Vikunja veans before 2.7.1 Prompt Injection via Project and Task Metadata

2.1LowCNA
Exploited
No known exploitation
Fix
Fixed in 2.7.1
Who is exposed
Not reported

Do first: Upgrade to a fixed version: 2.7.1.

Published
Last modified
0.15% · 4th percentile
5/100 · provisional
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

The Vikunja veans tool, a coding-agent component, is affected by a prompt injection flaw. A project member with write access can plant instructions in project titles or task descriptions that the agent loads at session start, which may lead it to change a developer's local checkout or run commands; the attack is reached over the network, requires low-privilege login, and needs a user action such as starting or resuming a session.

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Vikunja veans before 2.7.1 contains a prompt injection vulnerability that allows project members with write access to inject instructions by setting project titles or task content rendered verbatim inside the coding agent's authoritative instruction block. Attackers can craft ProjectTitle or task descriptions that the prime hook loads on SessionStart and PreCompact, causing the agent to modify the developer's checkout or run commands.

cve.now Index

5Pcve.now Index 5 of 100 · methodology v3 · provisional
  • Exploitation?/40Unknown. No CISA SSVC exploitation rating yet
  • Exposure3/25Reachable over the network · Unknown: No advisory context yet
  • Reach?/20Unknown. No tracked technology or package matched
  • Severity2.1/10CVSS 2.1
  • No patch0/5No signal

What would change the score

  • Would score about 60 if added to CISA KEV
  • Would score about 55 if CISA's SSVC rates exploitation active
  • Would score about 24 if advisories confirm default setups are exposed

What to do

  • Upgrade to a fixed version: 2.7.1.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. First seen by cve.now

Affected versions

  • go-vikunja vikunja

    fixed in 2.7.1

Evidence 2

  1. Advisory
  2. Link

Corrections

None so far.

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Questions about CVE-2026-123498

Is CVE-2026-123498 being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.Source: cve.now feed data

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-123498?

vikunja: before 2.7.1.Source: cve.now feed data

How do I fix CVE-2026-123498?

Upgrade to a fixed version: 2.7.1.Source: cve.now feed data