GHSA-h5fq-653g-gxrm
## Summary The `/api/create` endpoint accepted negative `expire` query values. For the memory storage backend, negative values were passed to secret creation as a negative duration and treated as no expiry, allowing callers to create secrets that persisted longer than intended. ## Impact Unauthenticated users could bypass configured retention expectations for secrets they create by sending `POST /api/create?expire=-1`. This does not allow reading or modifying secrets created by other users. Secrets remain one-time-read and, in the normal web flow, client-side encrypted. ## Affected versions Versions up to and including v1.21.4 are affected. ## Patched versions Fixed in v1.21.5. ## Workarounds Disable expiry overrides via `disableExpiryOverride: true` until upgrading. ## Credit Reported by Chai Cheng Xun via email.
Properties
- ghsa_id
- GHSA-h5fq-653g-gxrm
- severity
- medium
- summary
- ots has a negative expire override that can bypass its secret retention policy
- cvss_score
- 5.3
- cve_id
- GHSA-h5fq-653g-gxrm
- cvss_vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- is_ghsa_only
- true
- ghsa_published
- 2026-05-05T17:20:36Z
- source_url
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h5fq-653g-gxrm
- ghsa_updated
- 2026-05-05T17:20:37Z
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