CVE-2026-29794
MEDIUMVikunja has Rate-Limit Bypass for Unauthenticated Users via Spoofed Headers
Title source: cnaDescription
Vikunja is an open-source self-hosted task management platform. Starting in version 0.8 and prior to version 2.2.0, unauthenticated users are able to bypass the application's built-in rate-limits by spoofing the `X-Forwarded-For` or `X-Real-IP` headers due to the rate-limit relying on the value of `(echo.Context).RealIP`. Unauthenticated users can abuse endpoints available to them for different potential impacts. The immediate concern would be brute-forcing usernames or specific accounts' passwords. This bypass allows unlimited requests against unauthenticated endpoints. Version 2.2.0 patches the issue.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
X_Refsource_Confirm x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/security/advisories/GHSA-m547-hp4w-j6jx
X_Refsource_Misc x_refsource_misc
https://vikunja.io/changelog/vikunja-v2.2.0-was-released
Scores
CVSS v3
5.3
EPSS
0.0033
EPSS Percentile
24.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-807
Status
published
Products (3)
code.vikunja.io/api
0.8 - 2.2.0Go
go-vikunja/vikunja
>= 0.8, < 2.2.0
vikunja/vikunja
0.8 - 2.2.0
Published
Mar 20, 2026
Tracked Since
Mar 20, 2026