Description
Vikunja is an open-source self-hosted task management platform. Prior to 2.3.0, the addRepeatIntervalToTime function uses an O(n) loop that advances a date by the task's RepeatAfter duration until it exceeds the current time. By creating a repeating task with a 1-second interval and a due date far in the past, an attacker triggers billions of loop iterations, consuming CPU and holding a database connection for minutes per request. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.3.0.
Published: 2026-04-10
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Denial of Service via excessive CPU usage
Action: Immediate Patch
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Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-r4fg-73rc-hhh7 Vikunja has Algorithmic Complexity DoS in Repeating Task Handler
History

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +0000

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

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000

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

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Vikunja is an open-source self-hosted task management platform. Prior to 2.3.0, the addRepeatIntervalToTime function uses an O(n) loop that advances a date by the task's RepeatAfter duration until it exceeds the current time. By creating a repeating task with a 1-second interval and a due date far in the past, an attacker triggers billions of loop iterations, consuming CPU and holding a database connection for minutes per request. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.3.0.
Title Vikunja has an Algorithmic Complexity DoS in Repeating Task Handler
Weaknesses CWE-407
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: 2026-04-10T18:28:29.310Z

Reserved: 2026-04-03T21:25:12.162Z

Link: CVE-2026-35599

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-10T18:28:17.872Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-04-10T17:17:03.520

Modified: 2026-04-17T21:57:24.390

Link: CVE-2026-35599

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No data.

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Updated: 2026-04-13T13:00:29Z

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