Description
Vikunja is an open-source self-hosted task management platform. Starting in version 1.0.0-rc0 and prior to version 2.2.0, unbounded image decoding and resizing during preview generation lets an attacker exhaust CPU and memory with highly compressed but extremely large-dimension images. Version 2.2.0 patches the issue.
Published: 2026-03-24
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Denial of Service via resource exhaustion
Action: Patch
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-wc83-79hj-hpmq Vikunja Affected by DoS via Image Preview Generation
History

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Vikunja
Vikunja vikunja
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:vikunja:vikunja:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Vikunja
Vikunja vikunja

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Go-vikunja
Go-vikunja vikunja
Vendors & Products Go-vikunja
Go-vikunja vikunja

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


Tue, 24 Mar 2026 15:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Vikunja is an open-source self-hosted task management platform. Starting in version 1.0.0-rc0 and prior to version 2.2.0, unbounded image decoding and resizing during preview generation lets an attacker exhaust CPU and memory with highly compressed but extremely large-dimension images. Version 2.2.0 patches the issue.
Title Vikunja Affected by DoS via Image Preview Generation
Weaknesses CWE-400
References
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'}


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Go-vikunja Vikunja
Vikunja Vikunja
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-24T15:52:23.050Z

Reserved: 2026-03-20T16:16:48.969Z

Link: CVE-2026-33474

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-24T15:52:11.440Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-03-24T16:16:33.863

Modified: 2026-03-27T16:47:45.293

Link: CVE-2026-33474

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-03-27T20:26:42Z

Weaknesses