CVE-2026-123501 json
Vikunja before 2.7.1 Memory Exhaustion DoS via Unbounded Image Decodes
published 21d ago modified yesterday also EUVD-2026-119386 , GHSA-9hxw-pxcq-4q8q
Unreviewed: the maintainers' own advisory
Published by the maintainers on their GitHub repository go-vikunja/vikunja. GitHub has not reviewed it into the GitHub Advisory Database, so the affected packages and versions are the maintainers' word. Read the full advisory on GitHub.
- cvss
- 6.5
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 23%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Vikunja before 2.7.1 contains an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability that allows authenticated users to exhaust server memory through concurrent image decodes in avatar and background uploads. Attackers can send several parallel tiny, highly compressible PNGs decoded at up to 50 megapixels each, pushing the API process into memory pressure or an OOM kill.
Patch / fix
- go-vikunja vikunja 2.7.1
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- yesterday
Exploit prediction
0.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 23% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 4.0 | 7.1 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| CNA | 3.1 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| CNA | 4.0 | 7.1 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
Affected products
- go-vikunja vikunja
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
References
-
github.com
/go-vikunja/vikunja/security/advisories/GHSA-9hxw-pxcq-4q8q
vendor-advisory, advisory
-
vulncheck.com
/advisories/vikunja-before-2.7.1-memory-exhaustion-dos-via-unbounded-image-decodes
third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-123501
- NVD CVE-2026-123501
- Maintainer advisory GHSA-9hxw-pxcq-4q8q
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