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CVE-2019-16281

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-12-30 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-295

Description

Ptarmigan before 0.2.3 lacks API token validation, e.g., an "if (token === apiToken) {return true;} return false;" code block.

Affected products

• Ptarmigan Project Ptarmigan: before 0.2.3 — fixed in 0.2.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Ptarmigan Project Ptarmigan 0.2.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/nayutaco/ptarmigan/commit/37fd8f9da3bab9d323ddd77f2fd20b6dde8bcf6c
• https://github.com/nayutaco/ptarmigan/compare/v0.2.2...v0.2.3
• https://github.com/nayutaco/ptarmigan/releases/tag/v0.2.3
• https://github.com/nayutaco/ptarmigan/commit/37fd8f9da3bab9d323ddd77f2fd20b6dde8bcf6c
• https://github.com/nayutaco/ptarmigan/compare/v0.2.2...v0.2.3
• https://github.com/nayutaco/ptarmigan/releases/tag/v0.2.3

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