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high 8.1

CVE-2026-62376 json

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

published last mo. modified 23d ago also EUVD-2026-95994 , GHSA-r6w9-259g-gwrv , GO-2026-6748

cvss
8.1
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 20%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • go code.vikunja.io/api 2.4.0
  • vikunja vikunja 2.4.0

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
29d ago

Exploit prediction

0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/security/advisories/GHSA-r6w9-259g-gwrv referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go code.vikunja.io/api
<2.4.0
all versions
2.4.0

Affected products

  • go-vikunja vikunja

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-312 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information
  • CWE-916 Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort

References

Sources

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