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Vikunja before 2.7.1 Resource Exhaustion via CalDAV VTODO RELATED-TO Entries

5.3MediumCNA
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
0.27% · 19th percentile
8/100 · provisional
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

Vikunja, the open-source task management software, before version 2.7.1 has a resource exhaustion flaw in its CalDAV handling of VTODO RELATED-TO entries. An attacker who can reach the service remotely and has a low-privilege login can send a single crafted request that creates thousands of dummy tasks, bloating the database and overloading the event pipeline.

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Read the original description

Vikunja before 2.7.1 contains an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability that allows authenticated CalDAV clients to create unbounded dummy tasks by sending VTODOs with thousands of RELATED-TO properties. Attackers can repeat unknown related UIDs in a single PUT request to generate thousands of task, relation, and event rows, bloating the database and overloading the event pipeline.

cve.now Index

8Pcve.now Index 8 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
  • 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

  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-2026-123511

Is CVE-2026-123511 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-2026-123511?

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

How do I fix CVE-2026-123511?

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