Findings

CVE-2026-23480

Blinko is an AI-powered card note-taking project.

Published Mar 23, 2026 · updated Jun 17, 2026 · blinko blinko

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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  1. Mar 23, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    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). T

  2. Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    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). T

Affected

  • cpe blinko/blinkoversion unspecified

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-23480

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-23480

    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

    nvd.nist.gov

References

CVE-2026-23480 · ZeroDay Findings