CVE-2026-28268

critical

Description

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

https://vikunja.io/changelog/vikunja-v2.1.0-was-released

https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/security/advisories/GHSA-rfjg-6m84-crj2

https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/commit/5c2195f9fca9ad208477e865e6009c37889f87b2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-02-27

Updated: 2026-03-06

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00034