FKIE_CVE-2026-28268

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-02-27 21:16 - Updated: 2026-03-06 21:03
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/commit/5c2195f9fca9ad208477e865e6009c37889f87b2Patch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/security/advisories/GHSA-rfjg-6m84-crj2Vendor Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://vikunja.io/changelog/vikunja-v2.1.0-was-releasedRelease Notes
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
vikunja vikunja *
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