Peppermint through 0.5.5 contains a missing authorization vulnerability that allows any authenticated user to create time entries and attachments as other users by supplying a user id in the request body. Attackers can send POST requests to /api/v1/time/new or /api/v1/storage/ticket/:id/upload/single to attach files and time records to any ticket under another user's identity.
Fix
Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.
Change history 2
- StatusReceived → DeferredNVD modified 2026-10-16 18:25
- First seenCVSS 5.3NVD modified 2026-10-15 22:19
Affected (CPE criteria) 0
NVD has not attached CPE configurations yet.
References 6
- https://github.com/Peppermint-Lab/peppermint/blob/0.5.5/apps/api/src/controllers/storage.ts#L9-L35
- https://github.com/Peppermint-Lab/peppermint/blob/0.5.5/apps/api/src/controllers/time.ts#L6-L27
- https://github.com/Peppermint-Lab/peppermint/blob/0.5.5/apps/api/src/main.ts#L57-L70
- https://hackmd.io/@hieuPenguinnn/peppermint-data-logs-missing-authorization
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/peppermint-through-0.5.5-missing-authorization-via-time-tracking-and-attachment-upload-endpoints
- https://hackmd.io/@hieuPenguinnn/peppermint-data-logs-missing-authorization