CVE-2026-91979

MEDIUMCVSS 6.5

Description

Vikunja before 2.6.0 fails to limit archive expansion during data import, allowing authenticated users to cause denial of service. Attackers can upload highly compressed files that expand to tens of gigabytes in memory and disk, exhausting server resources and crashing the instance.

Timeline

Published:September 15th, 2026 4:17 PM

Last modified:September 16th, 2026 8:16 PM

CVSS Scoring

CVSS v3: 6.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-400

References & Reports

Advisories, patches, and third-party reports

https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/security/advisories/GHSA-w7jp-mf2v-8342
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vikunja-before-2.6.0-denial-of-service-via-decompression-bomb

Source: NIST NVD · Data may lag official sources by up to one minute