High
Security advisory
Ptarmigan before 0.2.3 lacks API token validation, e.g., an "if (token === apiToken) {return true;} return false;" code block.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2019-16281
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 10:37 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Ptarmigan before 0.2.3 lacks API token validation, e.g., an "if (token === apiToken) {return true;} return false;" code block.
osv:CVE-2019-16281
Complete source record
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"https://github.com/nayutaco/ptarmigan/commit/37fd8f9da3bab9d323ddd77f2fd20b6dde8bcf6c",
"https://github.com/nayutaco/ptarmigan/compare/v0.2.2...v0.2.3"
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"source_id": "core-osv",
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"published_at": "2020-12-30T21:15:12.58+00:00"
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