Vikunja before 2.6.0 fails to limit archive expansion during data import, allowing authenticated users to cause denial of service. Attackers can upload highly compressed files that expand to tens of gigabytes in memory and disk, exhausting server resources and crashing the instance.
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Thu, 17 Sep 2026 20:30:00 +0000
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Tue, 15 Sep 2026 17:45:00 +0000
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Go-vikunja
Go-vikunja vikunja |
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Go-vikunja
Go-vikunja vikunja |
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| Description | Vikunja before 2.6.0 fails to limit archive expansion during data import, allowing authenticated users to cause denial of service. Attackers can upload highly compressed files that expand to tens of gigabytes in memory and disk, exhausting server resources and crashing the instance. | |
| Title | Vikunja before 2.6.0 Denial of Service via Decompression Bomb | |
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Vikunja
Vikunja vikunja |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-400 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:vikunja:vikunja:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Vikunja
Vikunja vikunja |
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cvssV3_1
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published: 2026-09-15T15:18:24.176Z
Updated: 2026-09-17T19:28:09.001Z
Reserved: 2026-09-15T11:10:41.353Z
Link: CVE-2026-91979
Updated: 2026-09-17T19:16:25.742Z
Status : Deferred
Published: 2026-09-15T16:17:54.793
Modified: 2026-09-17T20:18:54.653
Link: CVE-2026-91979
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