What is CVE-2026-23485?

CVE-2026-23485 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Blinko, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-03-23.

How severe is CVE-2026-23485?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Blinko

CVE-2026-23485

Blinko is an AI-powered card note-taking project. Prior to version 1.8.4, the filePath parameter accepts path traversal sequences, allowing enumeration of file existence on the server via different error responses. This issue has been patched in version 1.8.4.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.003 (22.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Blinko
Blinkospace Blinko — versions < 1.8.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
security-advisories@github.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)
security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-23485?: CVE-2026-23485 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Blinko, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-03-23.
How severe is CVE-2026-23485?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.