CVE-2026-68511

Paaster: TOCTOU race condition defeats the 'burn after reading' guarantee on view-once pastes

Published Nov 11, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 6.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Paaster is a pastebin application. Prior to version 3.3.0, Paaster's "view once" (burn-after-reading) paste mode can be bypassed with concurrent requests. The check that's supposed to enforce single-use is a plain read followed by a separate write, with no atomicity, so multiple simultaneous requests can all see the paste as "not yet read" and all successfully retrieve it. This issue has been patched in version 3.3.0.

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First Time appeared Wardpearce
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Vendors & Products Wardpearce
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Description Paaster is a pastebin application. Prior to version 3.3.0, Paaster's "view once" (burn-after-reading) paste mode can be bypassed with concurrent requests. The check that's supposed to enforce single-use is a plain read followed by a separate write, with no atomicity, so multiple simultaneous requests can all see the paste as "not yet read" and all successfully retrieve it. This issue has been patched in version 3.3.0.
Title Paaster: TOCTOU race condition defeats the 'burn after reading' guarantee on view-once pastes
Weaknesses CWE-362
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Nov 11, 2026, 9:56 PM
Reserved
Jul 30, 2026, 4:19 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Nov 11, 2026, 10:17 PM
Modified
Nov 12, 2026, 10:18 PM