CVE-2026-23480 PUBLISHED

Blinko: Low Privilege User Privilege Escalation - upsertUser Endpoint

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 13.01.2026 Published: 23.03.2026 Updated: 24.03.2026

Blinko is an AI-powered card note-taking project. Prior to version 1.8.4, there is a privilege escalation vulnerability. The upsertUser endpoint has 3 issues: it is missing superAdminAuthMiddleware, any logged-in user can call it; the originalPassword is an optional parameter and if not provided password verification is skipped; there is no check for input.id === ctx.id (ownership verification). This could result in any authenticated user modifying other users' passwords, direct escalation to superadmin, and complete account takeover. This issue has been patched in version 1.8.4.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 5.3

Product Status

Vendor blinkospace
Product blinko
Versions
  • Version < 1.8.4 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-288: Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel CWE