TaskCanvas 1.4.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the registration code input field that allows attackers to crash the application. Attackers can generate a 1000-character buffer payload and paste it into the registration field to trigger an application crash.

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction Active

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00028.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
DigitalVolcano Software TaskCanvas affected
Version Status Constraints
1.4.0 affected —

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Solution

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Workaround

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References
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https://www.digitalvolcano.co.uk/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.digitalvolcano.co.uk/taskcanvasdownload.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47911 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/taskcanvas-registration-denial-of-service cve-icon cve-icon
History

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 17:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Digitalvolcano Software
Digitalvolcano Software taskcanvas
Vendors & Products Digitalvolcano Software
Digitalvolcano Software taskcanvas

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 21:00:00 +0000

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Description TaskCanvas 1.4.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the registration code input field that allows attackers to crash the application. Attackers can generate a 1000-character buffer payload and paste it into the registration field to trigger an application crash.
Title TaskCanvas 1.4.0 - 'Registration' Denial Of Service
Weaknesses CWE-120
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-12T16:29:05.923Z

Reserved: 2026-02-10T18:42:23.236Z

Link: CVE-2020-37189

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-02-12T16:29:01.403Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-02-11T21:16:12.923

Modified: 2026-02-12T15:10:37.307

Link: CVE-2020-37189

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-02-12T09:35:49Z

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