# CVE-2026-41572: Note Mark: Unauthenticated read of notes and assets in soft-deleted public books

- Also known as: GHSA-3GR9-485J-V4XF, GO-2026-5085
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.19.3, 0.0.0-20260417132843-d1bf845a2a2d
- Published: 2026-05-04 · Updated: 2026-05-04

## Affected

- enchant97 note-mark: fixed in 0.19.3
- github.com/enchant97/note-mark/backend (Go): fixed in 0.0.0-20260417132843-d1bf845a2a2d

## Description

Note Mark is an open-source note-taking application. Prior to version 0.19.3, after a note-mark owner soft-deletes a public book, its notes and uploaded assets stay readable at /api/notes/{id}, /api/notes/{id}/content, the slug URL, and the asset endpoints. Unauthenticated callers who hold the note ID or the slug path retain access. GORM's soft-delete scope does not reach the raw "JOIN books ..." clauses used by the note and asset queries. This issue has been patched in version 0.19.3.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on enchant97 note-mark, github.com/enchant97/note-mark/backend, upgrade to a fixed version (0.19.3, 0.0.0-20260417132843-d1bf845a2a2d) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/enchant97/note-mark/security/advisories/GHSA-3gr9-485j-v4xf
- https://github.com/enchant97/note-mark/releases/tag/v0.19.3

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