Vikunja before 2.7.1 Denial of Service via Unbounded Kanban Bucket Count
- 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.
- Last modified
- FIRST's estimate of the chance attackers exploit it in the next 30 days, updated daily.What do these mean? →
- 0.27% · 19th percentile
- A 0-100 score for how much a CVE matters across the industry: exploitation, exposure, how widely the software is used, severity and whether a fix exists.What do these mean? →
- 8/100 · provisional
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
Summary
Vikunja, a project management application, is affected by a denial-of-service bug that lets a logged-in user with project writer or view admin rights create unlimited kanban buckets, slowing the server by forcing heavy database work on every kanban read. It can be reached remotely over the network, and it requires low-privilege login but no user interaction.
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Read the original description
Vikunja before 2.7.1 contains an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability that allows project writers or view admins to create unlimited kanban buckets due to missing count caps. Attackers can create thousands of buckets so every kanban read runs a task SELECT and COUNT per bucket, generating heavy database load.
cve.now Index
- 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
- Severity5.3/10CVSS 5.3
- No patch0/5No signal
What would change the score
- Would score about 63 if added to CISA KEV
- Would score about 58 if CISA's SSVC rates exploitation active
- Would score about 27 if advisories confirm default setups are exposed
What to do
Upgrade to a fixed version: 2.7.1.
Timeline
- CVE published
- First seen by cve.now
Affected versions
- go-vikunja vikunja
fixed in 2.7.1
Evidence 2
- Advisory
- Link
Corrections
None so far.
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Questions about CVE-2026-123509
Is CVE-2026-123509 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-2026-123509?
vikunja: before 2.7.1.Source: cve.now feed data
How do I fix CVE-2026-123509?
Upgrade to a fixed version: 2.7.1.Source: cve.now feed data