CVE-2026-91979: Vikunja before 2.6.0 Denial of Service via Decompression Bomb

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-09-15 · updated 2026-09-17
Weakness: CWE-400

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.

Affected products

go-vikunja vikunja: before 2.6.0 — fixed in 2.6.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: go-vikunja vikunja 2.6.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/security/advisories/GHSA-w7jp-mf2v-8342
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vikunja-before-2.6.0-denial-of-service-via-decompression-bomb

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