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Blinko EUVDEUVD-2026-105163

| CVE-2026-113597 MEDIUM
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639)
2026-10-20 VulnCheck GHSA-j632-67pv-3cvg
5.3
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: VulnCheck
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Authenticate as low-privileged Blinko user
  2. Delivery
    Enumerate sequential tag IDs via tRPC
  3. Exploit
    Call fullTagNameById on others' IDs
  4. Execution
    Read private tag names / topics
  5. Persist
    Call updateTagIcon and updateTagOrder
  6. Impact
    Tamper with victims' tags

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Object-level authorization, IDOR prevention
Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires a valid low-privileged authenticated account (PR:L) on a Blinko instance running 1.8.8 or earlier, and is only meaningful on multi-user/shared deployments where other users' tags exist to enumerate. The specific vulnerable surface is the tag tRPC router procedures fullTagNameById, updateTagIcon, and updateTagOrder, which in the vulnerable code call prisma.tag.update with only { where: { id } } and omit the accountId ownership check (the patch adds accountId: ctx.user.id). Tag IDs are sequential, enabling trivial enumeration. Limiting factors: no special configuration is needed beyond having registered users, but single-tenant self-hosted instances have no cross-user data to expose, and impact is bounded to tag metadata (names, icons, ordering) rather than full note bodies.

Impact

This is a genuine but moderate-severity authorization flaw (CWE-639, IDOR), not a high-urgency priority. The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N) and score of 5.3 are internally consistent with the description: a network-reachable flaw requiring only a low-privileged authenticated account, with low confidentiality and low integrity impact and no availability impact. The limited impact is accurate - exposure is confined to tag metadata (names, icons, ordering) rather than full note contents, though tag names can indirectly reveal private note topics. No EPSS score was provided in the input, and the CVE is NOT listed in CISA KEV, so exploitation status is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis'; the GitHub source-code evidence supplied is the vendor patch diff (PR #1171), not weaponized exploit code. The key limiting factor the raw score understates is tenancy: the flaw is only meaningful on multi-user/shared Blinko instances, since a single-tenant self-hosted deployment has no other users' tags to enumerate. No conflicting signals were found between the CVSS vector and the description - both agree on authenticated network access with low impact.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker registers or already holds a low-privileged account on a shared Blinko instance, then calls the tag tRPC procedures (fullTagNameById, updateTagIcon, updateTagOrder) while iterating sequential tag IDs that belong to other users. By reading returned tag names they infer other users' private note topics, and via updateTagIcon/updateTagOrder they tamper with those users' tag icons and ordering. No public exploit code is identified, but the sequential-ID enumeration path is explicitly described and trivial given the missing accountId ownership check.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.3% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 20, 2026

An insecure direct object reference (CWE-639) in Blinko through 1.8.8 lets any authenticated user read and modify tags belonging to other accounts by supplying arbitrary tag IDs to the tag tRPC router procedures fullTagNameById, updateTagIcon, and updateTagOrder. Because tag IDs are sequential in the backing Prisma database, a low-privileged logged-in attacker can enumerate IDs to disclose private note topics (tag names) and tamper with other users' tag icons and ordering. Impact is bounded to tag metadata rather than note bodies and is only meaningful on shared multi-user deployments; no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the vendor has published an upstream fix in PR #1171.

RemediationAI

Patch status: patch available per vendor advisory - the upstream fix is GitHub PR https://github.com/blinkospace/blinko/pull/1171, which adds accountId: ctx.user.id to the Prisma WHERE clauses in server/routerTrpc/tag.ts (and message.ts); a tagged release beyond 1.8.8 containing this commit was not independently confirmed, so validate the changelog or pin a build that includes the PR before assuming a fixed version number. Where an immediate upgrade is not possible, compensating controls include restricting account creation and access to a single trusted user or small trusted group (removes the cross-user attack surface, at the cost of collaboration features), fronting the tRPC endpoint with a reverse proxy or WAF rule that blocks or rate-limits the tag procedures and enumerates sequential ID patterns in fullTagNameById/updateTagIcon/updateTagOrder requests (fragile, bypassable by legitimate-looking payloads, and prone to breaking the UI), and disabling or hiding the tag feature for untrusted users until patched (degrades note organization). Because exploitation requires a valid low-privileged account, review registrations and audit for suspicious sequential tag-ID access in application logs; note that no public exploit code was identified at time of analysis, so urgency is moderate rather than emergency.

Affected VersionsENISA

blinko 0 ≤1.8.8

Affected Packages

euvd blinko no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Blinko is a self-hosted note-taking application with a TypeScript/Node.js backend that exposes its API through tRPC routers, using Prisma ORM over a relational database and Zod-style input validation. The vulnerable procedures in server/routerTrpc/tag.ts call prisma.tag.update({ where: { id }, data: { icon } }) and equivalents with only the caller-supplied tag ID in the WHERE clause, omitting any ownership predicate. This is the classic CWE-639 authorization-bypass-through-user-controlled-key pattern: the query resolves the object purely by primary key, so any authenticated session can address any other tenant's row. Tag primary keys are auto-increment style, making enumeration trivial (1, 2, 3, ...). The upstream patch (PR #1171) hardens the WHERE clause to { id, accountId: ctx.user.id } so the operation is scoped to the session's account, and the same PR adds accountId: ctx.user.id predicates to several message.ts procedures, indicating a broader multi-tenant scoping clean-up. The public vulnerability tag 'Authentication Bypass' is imprecise: the flaw does not bypass authentication - it is a post-authentication horizontal authorization failure confined to tag metadata (names, icons, ordering).

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Severity by source

Vendor (VulnCheck) PRIMARY 5.3 MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
vuln.today AI 5.4 MEDIUM

Network-accessible tRPC endpoint needs only a low-privileged authenticated account (PR:L) with no user interaction; impact is partial read and modification of tag metadata (C:L/I:L), no availability effect.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (VulnCheck).

CVSS VectorVendor: VulnCheck

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Vulnerable system: Confidentiality
Low
Vulnerable system: Integrity
Low
Vulnerable system: Availability
None
Subsequent system: Confidentiality
None
Subsequent system: Integrity
None
Subsequent system: Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

Blinko through 1.8.8 contains an insecure direct object reference vulnerability in the tag tRPC router that allows authenticated users to read and modify other users' tags by supplying arbitrary tag IDs. Attackers can enumerate sequential IDs via fullTagNameById, updateTagIcon, and updateTagOrder to reveal private note topics and tamper with tag icons and ordering.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 81% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
self-hosted open-source note-taking app, niche deployment footprint
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.3%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

26
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +26
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.

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