CVE-2026-28268 (GCVE-0-2026-28268)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-27 20:16 – Updated: 2026-02-27 20:16
VLAI?
Title
Vikunja Vulnerable to Account Takeover via Password Reset Token Reuse
Summary
Vikunja is an open-source self-hosted task management platform. Versions prior to 2.1.0 have a business logic vulnerability exists in the password reset mechanism of vikunja/api that allows password reset tokens to be reused indefinitely. Due to a failure to invalidate tokens upon use and a critical logic bug in the token cleanup cron job, reset tokens remain valid forever. This allows an attacker who intercepts a single reset token (via logs, browser history, or phishing) to perform a complete, persistent account takeover at any point in the future, bypassing standard authentication controls. Version 2.1.0 contains a patch for the issue.
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
Assigner
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Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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| go-vikunja | vikunja |
Affected:
< 2.1.0
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Nomenclature
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