Description
Vikunja before 2.7.1 contains an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability that allows authenticated CalDAV clients to create unbounded dummy tasks by sending VTODOs with thousands of RELATED-TO properties. Attackers can repeat unknown related UIDs in a single PUT request to generate thousands of task, relation, and event rows, bloating the database and overloading the event pipeline.
Published: 2026-11-08
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Sun, 08 Nov 2026 01:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Vikunja before 2.7.1 contains an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability that allows authenticated CalDAV clients to create unbounded dummy tasks by sending VTODOs with thousands of RELATED-TO properties. Attackers can repeat unknown related UIDs in a single PUT request to generate thousands of task, relation, and event rows, bloating the database and overloading the event pipeline.
Title Vikunja before 2.7.1 Resource Exhaustion via CalDAV VTODO RELATED-TO Entries
First Time appeared Vikunja
Vikunja vikunja
Weaknesses CWE-770
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:vikunja:vikunja:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Vikunja
Vikunja vikunja
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-08T01:37:24.519Z

Reserved: 2026-11-06T00:46:28.480Z

Link: CVE-2026-123511

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-11-08T02:16:39.670

Modified: 2026-11-08T02:16:39.797

Link: CVE-2026-123511

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No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-11-08T02:30:15Z

Weaknesses