Medium severity · published Apr 10, 2026
CVE-2026-35600
Vikunja has HTML Injection via Task Titles in Overdue Email Notifications
5.4
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Vikunja is an open-source self-hosted task management platform. Prior to 2.3.0, task titles are embedded directly into Markdown link syntax in overdue email notifications without escaping Markdown special characters. When rendered by goldmark and sanitized by bluemonday (which allows <a> and <img> tags), injected Markdown constructs produce phishing links and tracking pixels in legitimate notification emails. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.3.0.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 9% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VI
vikunja · go-vikunja
< 2.3.0 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35600
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-35600
Patch
https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/commit/0f3730d045f20e261e3cdfc6d93c325653395b64
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/pull/2580
Release Notes
https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/releases/tag/v2.3.0
Exploit
https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/security/advisories/GHSA-45q4-x4r9-8fqj
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