Verified

ghsa:GHSA-JFW3-2GCF-23R5: code.vikunja.io/api = 2.5.0

Duplicate Advisory: Vikunja: Unbounded nested task-filter recursion permits API process termination. Affected range: = 2.5.0.

Affected technology

code.vikunja.io/api · = 2.5.0
Vendor not specified by the source

Component: Not specified by the source

Attack conditions (Source advisory, CVSS 3.1): Network (remote) · Low privileges required · No user interaction required

What an attacker can do

Authenticated attackers can supply thousands of nested parentheses in the filter query parameter to exhaust memory and terminate the API process. Source advisory’s CVSS 3.1 assessment rates confidentiality and integrity impact as none; availability impact as high.

Published 13-Oct-2026 07:48 UTC

Product: code.vikunja.io/api
KEV: no

Provenance

GitHub Advisory Database · Source record · observed 2026-10-09 22:06:25.045838+00:00 UTC

Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/adv-ghsa-ghsa-jfw3-2gcf-23r5.html