Path Traversal in Blinko

CVE-2026-23483

Blinko is an AI-powered card note-taking project. In versions from 1.8.3 and prior, the plugin file server endpoint uses join() to concatenate paths but does not verify if the final path is within the plugins directory, leading to path traversal. At time of publication, there are no publicly available patches.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (53.9th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 53.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2026-23483: held from 0.008 to 0.008.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-23483?
CVE-2026-23483 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Blinko, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-03-23.
How severe is CVE-2026-23483?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.