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Critical · 9.8 CVE-2026-28268 EUVD-2026-9064GHSA-rfjg-6m84-crj2GO-2026-4575

Vikunja Vulnerable to Account Takeover via Password Reset Token Reuse

Published Feb 27, 2026 · Updated Mar 3, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
go-vikunja vikunja < 2.1.0 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 16.0 govulncheck-vulndb 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 govulncheck-vulndb 0.0.20260317T205859-150000.1.152.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1042-1

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Go code.vikunja.io/api <= 0.24.6 — GHSA-rfjg-6m84-crj2
Go code.vikunja.io/api all versions — GO-2026-4575

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