CVE-2026-35597
Vikunja Vulnerable to TOTP Brute-Force Due to Non-Functional Account Lockout
Impact
Vikunja is an open-source self-hosted task management platform. Prior to 2.3.0, the TOTP failed-attempt lockout mechanism is non-functional due to a database transaction handling bug. When a TOTP validation fails, the login handler in pkg/routes/api/v1/login.go calls HandleFailedTOTPAuth and then unconditionally rolls back. HandleFailedTOTPAuth in pkg/user/totp.go uses an in-memory counter (key-value store) to track failed attempts. When the counter reaches 10, it calls user.SetStatus(s, StatusAccountLocked) on the same database session s. Because the login handler always rolls back after a TOTP failure, the StatusAccountLocked write is undone. The in-memory counter correctly increments past 10, so the lockout code executes on every subsequent attempt, but the database write is rolled back every time. This allows unlimited brute-force attempts against TOTP codes. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.3.0.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| go | code.vikunja.io/api | <= 2.2.2 | 2.3.0 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Vikunja | Vikunja | before 2.3.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/commit/6ca0151d02fa0e8c7e2181ab916a28e08caaaec8
- https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/pull/2576
- https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/releases/tag/v2.3.0
- https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/security/advisories/GHSA-fgfv-pv97-6cmj
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fgfv-pv97-6cmj
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35597