Vikunja is an open-source self-hosted task management platform. Prior to 2.3.0, the addRepeatIntervalToTime function uses an O(n) loop that advances a date by the task's RepeatAfter duration until it exceeds the current time. By creating a repeating task with a 1-second interval and a due date far in the past, an attacker triggers billions of loop iterations, consuming CPU and holding a database connection for minutes per request. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.3.0.
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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-r4fg-73rc-hhh7 Vikunja has Algorithmic Complexity DoS in Repeating Task Handler
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Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Description Vikunja is an open-source self-hosted task management platform. Prior to 2.3.0, the addRepeatIntervalToTime function uses an O(n) loop that advances a date by the task's RepeatAfter duration until it exceeds the current time. By creating a repeating task with a 1-second interval and a due date far in the past, an attacker triggers billions of loop iterations, consuming CPU and holding a database connection for minutes per request. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.3.0.
Title Vikunja has an Algorithmic Complexity DoS in Repeating Task Handler
Weaknesses CWE-407
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-10T18:28:29.310Z

Reserved: 2026-04-03T21:25:12.162Z

Link: CVE-2026-35599

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-10T17:17:03.520

Modified: 2026-04-10T17:17:03.520

Link: CVE-2026-35599

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