Medium severity · published Apr 10, 2026
CVE-2026-35599
Vikunja has an Algorithmic Complexity DoS in Repeating Task Handler
6.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Vikunja is an open-source self-hosted task management platform. Prior to 2.3.0, the addRepeatIntervalToTime function uses an O(n) loop that advances a date by the task's RepeatAfter duration until it exceeds the current time. By creating a repeating task with a 1-second interval and a due date far in the past, an attacker triggers billions of loop iterations, consuming CPU and holding a database connection for minutes per request. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.3.0.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 28% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VI
vikunja · go-vikunja
< 2.3.0 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35599
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-35599
Patch
https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/commit/6df0d6c8f54b01db6464c42810e40e55f12b481b
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/pull/2577
Release Notes
https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/releases/tag/v2.3.0
Exploit
https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/security/advisories/GHSA-r4fg-73rc-hhh7
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