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SCA: security update for code.vikunja.io/api (GHSA-45q4-x4r9-8fqj)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 440158

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Vikunja is an open-source self-hosted task management platform. Prior to 2.3.0, task titles are embedded
 directly into Markdown link syntax in overdue email notifications without escaping Markdown special
 characters. When rendered by goldmark and sanitized by bluemonday (which allows <a> and <img> tags),
 injected Markdown constructs produce phishing links and tracking pixels in legitimate notification emails.
 This vulnerability is fixed in 2.3.0. (CVE-2026-35600)

Solution

Update the code.vikunja.io/api library and its related packages to version 2.3.0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-45q4-x4r9-8fqj

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 440158

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 4/10/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 9.42

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-35600

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/10/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-35600

cwe: CWE-79