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CVE-2023-40703GHSA-C37R-V8JX-7CV2

Denial of Service via specially crafted block fields in Mattermost Boards

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 9.1.1, 9.0.2, 8.1.4, 7.8.13
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

Mattermost fails to properly limit the characters allowed in different fields of a block in Mattermost Boards allowing a attacker to consume excessive resources, possibly leading to Denial of Service, by patching the field of a block using a specially crafted string.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Mattermost Mattermost

    through 7.8.12; through 8.1.3; through 9.0.1; through 9.1.0

  • github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8Go

    From 9.1.0 · fixed in 9.1.1

  • github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8Go

    From 9.0.0 · fixed in 9.0.2

  • github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8Go

    fixed in 8.1.4

  • github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6Go

    fixed in 7.8.13

References 1

mattermost.com