CVE-2026-29794: Vikunja has a Rate-Limit Bypass for Unauthenticated Users via Spoofed Headers

March 20, 2026

Unauthenticated users are able to bypass the application’s built-in rate-limits by spoofing the X-Forwarded-For or X-Real-IP headers due to the rate-limit relying on the value of (echo.Context).RealIP.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-m547-hp4w-j6jx
github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja
github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/commit/a498dd69915a006c07e9d82660a2185d7e8136ee
github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/security/advisories/GHSA-m547-hp4w-j6jx
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-29794

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