CVE-2026-23480 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-23480: Blinko: Low Privilege User Privilege Escalation - upsertUser Endpoint

Vendor Blinkospace
Product blinko
Weakness CWE-288
Published March 23, 2026
Last update March 24, 2026

CVSS base score

5.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 23, 2026 CVE published
March 24, 2026 Record updated