Note Mark: OIDC-registered users authenticated by submitting password "null"
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-287.
Summary
Note Mark is an open-source note-taking application. In version 0.19.2, IsPasswordMatch in backend/db/models.go falls back to a hard-coded bcrypt("null") placeholder whenever a user has no stored password. OIDC-registered users are created with an empty password, so anyone who submits password: "null" to the internal login endpoint receives a valid session for that user. The bypass is unauthenticated and requires no user interaction. This issue has been patched in version 0.19.3.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| enchant97 | note-mark | = 0.19.2 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | github.com/enchant97/note-mark/backend (Go) | before 0.0.0-20260417132909-dea5530cc989 | 0.0.0-20260417132909-dea5530cc989 | Patch available | GHSA-pxf8-6wqm-r6hh |
- note-mark Vendorenchant97 Affected = 0.19.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- github.com/enchant97/note-mark/backend (Go) Vendor— Affected before 0.0.0-20260417132909-dea5530cc989 Fixed in 0.0.0-20260417132909-dea5530cc989 Patch available GHSA-pxf8-6wqm-r6hh
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-pxf8-6wqm-r6hh github.com/enchant97/note-mark/backend (Go) Fixed in 0.0.0-20260417132909-dea5530cc989 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-41571
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pxf8-6wqm-r6hh
References
More enchant97 vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-32452 Note Mark: JWT Secret Weakness allows Full Account Takeover via token forgery CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-29056 Note Mark has Stored XSS via Unrestricted Asset Upload CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-37275 Note Mark: Path traversal via unsanitized book/note slug in migrate export (sibling of GHSA-g49p) CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
- TI-2026-32451 Note Mark: Arbitrary File Write via Path Traversal in Asset Names Leading to Remote Code Execution CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
- TI-2026-37276 Note Mark: Unauthenticated disclosure of soft-deleted note metadata via deleted=true on public books in note-mark CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2026-30127 Note Mark: Unauthenticated read of notes and assets in soft-deleted public books CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-41571 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-41571 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pxf8-6wqm-r6hh · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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