Vikunja before 2.7.1 contains an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability that allows authenticated users to exhaust server memory through concurrent image decodes in avatar and background uploads. Attackers can send several parallel tiny, highly compressible PNGs decoded at up to 50 megapixels each, pushing the API process into memory pressure or an OOM kill.
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Sun, 08 Nov 2026 01:45:00 +0000
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| Description | Vikunja before 2.7.1 contains an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability that allows authenticated users to exhaust server memory through concurrent image decodes in avatar and background uploads. Attackers can send several parallel tiny, highly compressible PNGs decoded at up to 50 megapixels each, pushing the API process into memory pressure or an OOM kill. | |
| Title | Vikunja before 2.7.1 Memory Exhaustion DoS via Unbounded Image Decodes | |
| First Time appeared |
Vikunja
Vikunja vikunja |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-400 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:vikunja:vikunja:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Vikunja
Vikunja vikunja |
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cvssV3_1
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published:
Updated: 2026-11-08T01:37:17.692Z
Reserved: 2026-11-06T00:45:39.026Z
Link: CVE-2026-123501
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2026-11-08T02:16:37.853
Modified: 2026-11-08T02:16:37.987
Link: CVE-2026-123501
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-11-08T03:15:08Z
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