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[GH-ISSUE #2171] is vikunja binary packed with miner malware ? #6573

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opened 2026-04-20 17:10:12 -05:00 by GiteaMirror · 1 comment
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Originally created by @pschonmann on GitHub (Jan 27, 2026).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/issues/2171

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Description

Hi, wordfence says its obfuscated ELF miner. Its false positive ?

root@server:~# wordfence malware-scan /data/www/vikunja.site/app/vikunja/vikunja
                             
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        ▓▓▓▓▓   ▓▓▓▓▓          _       __               __  ____                   
  ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓           ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓   | |     / /___  _________/ / / __/__  ____  ________ 
 ▓▓           ▓           ▓▓  | | /| / / __ \/ ___/ __  /_/ /_/ _ \/ __ \/ ___/ _ \
▓▓     ▓▓    ▓▓▓    ▓▓     ▓▓ | |/ |/ / /_/ / /  / /_/ /_  __/  __/ / / / /__/  __/
▓▓      ▓     ▓     ▓      ▓▓ |__/|__/\____/_/   \____/ /_/  \___/_/ /_/\___/\___/ 
▓▓    ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓    ▓▓                                       ____ _     ___ 
▓▓  ▓▓▓ ▓    ▓▓▓    ▓ ▓▓▓  ▓▓                                      / ___| |   |_ _|
▓▓▓▓▓   ▓    ▓▓▓    ▓   ▓▓▓▓▓                                     | |   | |    | | 
 ▓▓     ▓   ▓▓ ▓▓   ▓     ▓▓                                      | |___| |___ | | 
  ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓                                        \____|_____|___|
                                                                                   
Scanning path: /data/www/vikunja.site/app/vikunja/vikunja
File added to scan queue: /data/www/vikunja.site/app/vikunja/vikunja
Processing file: /data/www/vikunja.site/app/vikunja/vikunja
ÏϬ4a/www/vikunja.site/app/vikunja/vikunja,7458,Obfuscated:ELF/ELFMiner.7458,Suspicious ELF file that is often used to hide a cryptomining software,"ELF>ø8Û@@8@@`
    ¬4
      XX@X@ xx@x@¨¨QåtdGNUÀGNU.b8
                                 ""óó;ÛGNUSGoyygB0K9kHE2mucusxAqP/ulddyAXkjwXwzc2ZhsKG/gYw3N9RJu5VmUkZQTwH3/ahYMrRk4ag0ilPd56VunÐJDQUPX!"
Found 1 suspicious file(s) after processing 1 file(s) containing 3.0 MiB over 1 second(s)

Vikunja Version

1.0.0~rc4

Browser and version

No response

Can you reproduce the bug on the Vikunja demo site?

No

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Originally created by @pschonmann on GitHub (Jan 27, 2026). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/issues/2171 ### Pre-submission checklist - [x] I have searched for existing open or closed issue reports with the same problem. ### Description Hi, wordfence says its obfuscated ELF miner. Its false positive ? ``` root@server:~# wordfence malware-scan /data/www/vikunja.site/app/vikunja/vikunja ▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓▓ _ __ __ ____ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ | | / /___ _________/ / / __/__ ____ ________ ▓▓ ▓ ▓▓ | | /| / / __ \/ ___/ __ /_/ /_/ _ \/ __ \/ ___/ _ \ ▓▓ ▓▓ ▓▓▓ ▓▓ ▓▓ | |/ |/ / /_/ / / / /_/ /_ __/ __/ / / / /__/ __/ ▓▓ ▓ ▓ ▓ ▓▓ |__/|__/\____/_/ \____/ /_/ \___/_/ /_/\___/\___/ ▓▓ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ ▓▓ ____ _ ___ ▓▓ ▓▓▓ ▓ ▓▓▓ ▓ ▓▓▓ ▓▓ / ___| | |_ _| ▓▓▓▓▓ ▓ ▓▓▓ ▓ ▓▓▓▓▓ | | | | | | ▓▓ ▓ ▓▓ ▓▓ ▓ ▓▓ | |___| |___ | | ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ \____|_____|___| Scanning path: /data/www/vikunja.site/app/vikunja/vikunja File added to scan queue: /data/www/vikunja.site/app/vikunja/vikunja Processing file: /data/www/vikunja.site/app/vikunja/vikunja ÏϬ4a/www/vikunja.site/app/vikunja/vikunja,7458,Obfuscated:ELF/ELFMiner.7458,Suspicious ELF file that is often used to hide a cryptomining software,"ELF>ø8Û@@8@@` ¬4 XX@X@ xx@x@¨¨QåtdGNUÀGNU.b8 ""óó;ÛGNUSGoyygB0K9kHE2mucusxAqP/ulddyAXkjwXwzc2ZhsKG/gYw3N9RJu5VmUkZQTwH3/ahYMrRk4ag0ilPd56VunÐJDQUPX!" Found 1 suspicious file(s) after processing 1 file(s) containing 3.0 MiB over 1 second(s) ``` ### Vikunja Version 1.0.0~rc4 ### Browser and version _No response_ ### Can you reproduce the bug on the Vikunja demo site? No ### Screenshots _No response_
GiteaMirror commented 2026-04-20 17:10:13 -05:00
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@kolaente commented on GitHub (Jan 27, 2026):

To the best of my knowledge, it does not contain any malware. This is a common problem with Go binaries.

Similar thread in the forum: https://community.vikunja.io/t/backend-windows-builds-virus-detection-false-positives/284

If you're still concerned, you can always compile from source.

<!-- gh-comment-id:3806982000 --> @kolaente commented on GitHub (Jan 27, 2026): To the best of my knowledge, it does not contain any malware. This is a common problem with Go binaries. Similar thread in the forum: https://community.vikunja.io/t/backend-windows-builds-virus-detection-false-positives/284 If you're still concerned, you can always compile from source.
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