Medium severity · published Mar 20, 2026
CVE-2026-29794
Vikunja has Rate-Limit Bypass for Unauthenticated Users via Spoofed Headers
5.3
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Vikunja is an open-source self-hosted task management platform. Starting in version 0.8 and prior to version 2.2.0, unauthenticated users are able to bypass the application's built-in rate-limits by spoofing the `X-Forwarded-For` or `X-Real-IP` headers due to the rate-limit relying on the value of `(echo.Context).RealIP`. Unauthenticated users can abuse endpoints available to them for different potential impacts. The immediate concern would be brute-forcing usernames or specific accounts' passwords. This bypass allows unlimited requests against unauthenticated endpoints. Version 2.2.0 patches the issue.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 27% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VI
vikunja · go-vikunja
>= 0.8, < 2.2.0 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-29794
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-29794
Exploit
https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/security/advisories/GHSA-m547-hp4w-j6jx
Release Notes
https://vikunja.io/changelog/vikunja-v2.2.0-was-released
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