CVE-2019-16281
Ptarmigan before 0.2.3 lacks API token validation, e.g., an "if (token === apiToken) {return true...
Ptarmigan before 0.2.3 lacks API token validation, e.g., an "if (token === apiToken) {return true;} return false;" code block.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Ptarmigan before 0.2.3 lacks API token validation, e.g., an "if (token === apiToken) {return true;} return false;" code block.
- Record
CVE-2019-16281- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-295
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Ptarmigan before 0.2.3 lacks API token validation, e.g., an "if (token === apiToken) {return true;} return false;" code block.
- Record
CVE-2019-16281- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-7079 No score
Ptarmigan before 0.2.3 lacks API token validation, e.g., an "if (token === apiToken) {return true;} return false;" code block.
- Record
EUVD-2019-7079- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q5m9-8685-c94f No score
Ptarmigan before 0.2.3 lacks API token validation, e.g., an "if (token === apiToken) {return true...
Ptarmigan before 0.2.3 lacks API token validation, e.g., an "if (token === apiToken) {return true;} return false;" code block.
- Record
GHSA-q5m9-8685-c94f- Weakness
- CWE-295
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Ptarmigan before 0.2.3 lacks API token validation, e.g., an "if (token === apiToken) {return true;} return false;" code block.
- Record
CVE-2019-16281- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-04
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | OSV | |
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-16281 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Ptarmigan Project Ptarmigan, published December 30, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.28%, the 70th percentile. No source names a fixed version.