CVE-2026-91968

vikunja before 2.6.0 Denial of Service via unbounded filter recursion

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: September 15, 2026 at 03:18 PM UTC
Updated: September 16, 2026 at 08:34 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorVikunja

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
PoC

Description

vikunja versions before 2.6.0 contain a resource exhaustion vulnerability in the task-filter endpoint that accepts deeply nested filter expressions without recursion depth limits. Authenticated attackers can supply thousands of nested parentheses in the filter query parameter to exhaust memory and terminate the API process.

Affected

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

2.5.0 ≤ v < 2.6.02.5.0
Vendor states this is fixed in 2.6.0 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

6.5MEDIUMVulnCheck
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-674

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