What is GHSA-m4vj-wr5q-cmvr?

GHSA-m4vj-wr5q-cmvr is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Vikunja versions before 2.6.0 fail to apply rate limiting to /api/v2 public authentication...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-m4vj-wr5q-cmvr cover?

GHSA-m4vj-wr5q-cmvr covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-91972. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-m4vj-wr5q-cmvr?

GHSA-m4vj-wr5q-cmvr has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-m4vj-wr5q-cmvrHighCVSS 7.5

Vikunja versions before 2.6.0 fail to apply rate limiting to /api/v2 public authentication...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

September 15, 2026

Last Modified

September 15, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-91972 →

📋 Description

Vikunja versions before 2.6.0 fail to apply rate limiting to /api/v2 public authentication endpoints including login, register, password-reset, and OAuth token routes. Remote unauthenticated attackers can perform unbounded credential guessing, account enumeration, and password-reset flooding attacks without throttling restrictions.

🔗 References (4)

https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/security/advisories/GHSA-6rvj-qwjf-3m4q
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-91972
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vikunja-before-2.6.0-authentication-bypass-via-unthrottled-api
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m4vj-wr5q-cmvr