CVE-2026-123514go-vikunja vikunja uncontrolled resource consumption
CVE-2026-123514 is a uncontrolled resource consumption in go-vikunja vikunja, rated medium (5.3 on CVSS 4.0).
Why this priority: Medium severity, with no exploitation signal.
Published · Updated · NVD status: Deferred
What it is
Requests can consume unbounded CPU, memory or connections and starve the service.
How it is reached
An attacker can exploit it over the network, with an ordinary user account, and nobody has to click anything.
What an attacker gains
The direct impact is limited: partial access to data or a partial outage. In practice, this kind of flaw lets an attacker exhaust CPU, memory or connections until the service stops answering.
Is it being exploited?
There is no public report of exploitation yet.
What to do
- Upgrade go-vikunja vikunja to 2.7.1 or later.
- Until it is patched, review who holds accounts that can reach it.
Description from NVD
Vikunja before 2.7.1 contains an improper resource cleanup vulnerability that leaves full-data export archives orphaned on disk after re-exports, failed exports, or account deletion. Authenticated users can repeatedly re-trigger exports containing all their attachments to exhaust disk storage, while deleted users' personal data remains retained indefinitely.
What this means for your architecture.
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Components it touches
- Public entry points and shared services that must stay up. The flaw sits between untrusted traffic and shared capacity.
Trust boundaries in play
- Authenticated network access. An account is needed, so exposure follows who can sign in: customers, partners or staff.
- Between untrusted traffic and shared capacity. An attacker who crosses it can exhaust CPU, memory or connections until the service stops answering.
Questions to answer about your own systems
- Where does go-vikunja vikunja run in your systems, and at which version?
- Which of those instances can be reached from the internet or partner networks?
- What can it reach once compromised: which data stores, secrets and services?
Sources
- CVE records and CVSS scores from the NVD CVE API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Exploitation status from CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
- Exploit likelihood from FIRST’s Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), refreshed daily.
- Explanations are written by Veriom from fixed templates over each record’s data, not by a person reviewing each CVE. Descriptions are quoted from the records as published.