CVE-2026-23480
HIGHBlinko: Low Privilege User Privilege Escalation - upsertUser Endpoint
Title source: cnaDescription
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.
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.0002
EPSS Percentile
4.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-288
Status
published
Products (2)
blinko/blinko
< 1.8.4
blinkospace/blinko
< 1.8.4
Published
Mar 23, 2026
Tracked Since
Mar 24, 2026