Vikunja: Unbounded CSV row cardinality permits API process termination — GHSA-PQF9-H8G4-8GMH

Summary

# Unbounded CSV row cardinality permits API process termination ## Summary The authenticated v2 CSV migration route caps upload bytes but not parsed row cardinality. It reads every record into a [][]string and then materializes a full task object for every row before insertion. Two million one-cell rows fit in a roughly 4 MB multipart request yet exhaust a 512 MiB API process. ## Impact and affected scope -…

Timeline

Published by source

2026-10-09

Risk context

• Reported severity or threat level: high.
• Reported CVSS score: 7.1 out of 10.
• Reported EPSS value: 0.00436.
• Review exposure for the affected product or family: go: code.vikunja.io/api.

Product

go: code.vikunja.io/api

What to do

General, cautious steps (verify details in the official source):

• Prioritize patching or mitigation immediately (treat as actively risky).
• Identify affected product versions in your inventory and verify whether you are impacted.
• Apply vendor patches/updates or recommended mitigations as soon as available.
• Read the official advisory for exact affected versions and remediation steps.

Official advisory

• Read the official source
• CVE Record
• NVD

Evidence and provenance

Canonical advisory ID

GHSA-PQF9-H8G4-8GMH

Source

GitHub

Vendor

GitHub

Published by source

2026-10-09

Last source activity

2026-10-09

Additional identifiers

CVE-2026-91969

Curated by

hlukh.ch

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