Description
Vikunja is an open-source self-hosted task management platform. Versions prior to 2.4.0 store password-reset, email-confirmation, and account-deletion tokens in the `user_tokens` table in plaintext. If an attacker gains read access to the database through a backup leak, misconfigured storage, or SQL-level exposure, they can immediately use pending tokens to take over user accounts without knowing passwords. Version 2.4.0 fixes the issue.
Published: 2026-10-09
Score: 8.1 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-r6w9-259g-gwrv Vikunja: Plaintext storage of password-reset/email-confirm tokens in database enables account takeover on DB read access
History

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 22:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Go-vikunja
Go-vikunja vikunja
Vendors & Products Go-vikunja
Go-vikunja vikunja

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 21:00:00 +0000

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Description Vikunja is an open-source self-hosted task management platform. Versions prior to 2.4.0 store password-reset, email-confirmation, and account-deletion tokens in the `user_tokens` table in plaintext. If an attacker gains read access to the database through a backup leak, misconfigured storage, or SQL-level exposure, they can immediately use pending tokens to take over user accounts without knowing passwords. Version 2.4.0 fixes the issue.
Title Vikunja: Plaintext storage of password-reset/email-confirm tokens in database enables account takeover on DB read access
Weaknesses CWE-312
CWE-916
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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Go-vikunja Vikunja
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-09T20:50:35.524Z

Reserved: 2026-07-13T22:04:59.678Z

Link: CVE-2026-62376

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-09T21:17:05.627

Modified: 2026-10-09T21:17:05.627

Link: CVE-2026-62376

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Updated: 2026-10-09T22:30:13Z

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