CVE-2026-62376
Vikunja: Plaintext storage of password-reset/email-confirm tokens in database enables account takeover on DB read access
CVSS Score
8.1
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
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.
| CWE | CWE-312 CWE-916 |
| Vendor | go-vikunja |
| Product | vikunja |
| Published | Oct 9, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Affected Versions
go-vikunja / vikunja
< 2.4.0
References
github.com: https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/security/advisories/GHSA-r6w9-259g-gwrv github.com: https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/commit/00fd2c6155c01faae99be4226b931d8091fd6323 github.com: https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/commit/3a0ea15d8c18ff960bc98ae39950fa7a14b0af7d github.com: https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/commit/e31ea2de5040fa63bc97cf4df63bafed3bd9ad85 github.com: https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/releases/tag/v2.4.0