CVE-2026-62376

Vikunja: Plaintext storage of password-reset/email-confirm tokens in database enables account takeover on DB read access

HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: October 9, 2026 at 08:50 PM UTC
Updated: October 16, 2026 at 08:04 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorVikunja

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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
PoC

Description

Vikunja is an open-source self-hosted task management platform. Versions prior to 2.4.0 store password-reset, email-confirmation, and account-deletion tokens in the `user_tokens` table in plaintext. If an attacker gains read access to the database through a backup leak, misconfigured storage, or SQL-level exposure, they can immediately use pending tokens to take over user accounts without knowing passwords. Version 2.4.0 fixes the issue.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

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SSVC — Action Prioritization

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CVSS

8.1HIGHGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-312CWE-916

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