Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 23, 2026· Updated Mar 24, 2026
Blinko: Low Privilege User Privilege Escalation - upsertUser Endpoint
CVE-2026-23480
Description
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.
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Affected products
2- blinkospace/blinkov5Range: < 1.8.4
Patches
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References
3- github.com/blinkospace/blinko/commit/3afbdf486b6f371bdac5781dea6289749f2c4c03mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/blinkospace/blinko/releases/tag/1.8.4mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/blinkospace/blinko/security/advisories/GHSA-r3mv-q7ww-86p6mitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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