CVE-2026-41571: Note Mark: OIDC-registered users authenticated by submitting password "null"

April 25, 2026 (updated May 7, 2026)

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.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-pxf8-6wqm-r6hh
github.com/enchant97/note-mark/commit/dea5530cc9891187b51548ef9f2868b7dc9f4e92
github.com/enchant97/note-mark/releases/tag/v0.19.3
github.com/enchant97/note-mark/security/advisories/GHSA-pxf8-6wqm-r6hh
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41571

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